Chapter 210, do not believe in evil Jiao Zan to test poison, and worship it as a real drought plant to drink

It turns out that the "hero thorn" in their mouth is the so-called "desert hero flower" in later generations, which is a different species of cactus in modern population. This plant can grow in a variety of harsh environments, enough to cope with harsh climatic conditions, and survive the adversity of water scarcity and drought. However, there are many kinds of them, almost all of them have a certain toxicity, and only a very few of them can be eaten directly without any consequences.

The sergeants had already cut the cactus, held it in their palms, and were about to use it directly, but they were suddenly stopped, and everyone was stunned to hold the emerald green flesh that kept dripping and looking fresh and delicious, and looked at Ma Chao with a puzzled face.

Ma Chao looked at Qi Han, his eyes were a little cold, and he was surprised why he would listen to this kid and give such an order.

Qi Han took a step forward, carefully observed the vigorous cacti, and recalled the record he had seen in the Taiping Essentials "Materia Medica"—well, the color was gray, and there was a thin layer of white frost on it, and there were almost no thorns...... This thing is absolutely poisonous, and it's not shallow.

He straightened up and said, "This ...... Heroic thorns, inedible, poisonous. ”

"Why can't you eat it? You kid, you're going to be scary. We have this object at home, and we have eaten it more than once! Let me eat it for you...... Whew!"

There is a strong man under Ma Tie, under the influence of Ma Tie, he also hates Qi Han very much, seeing him stand up to stop everyone from eating this treasure, he is so angry that he blows his beard and glares at him, regardless of Ma Chao's order first, he holds the cactus in his hand and chews it all the time, and swallows it with his neck.

Qi Han's eyes widened and he looked at him in disbelief.

Everyone also looked at the big man in amazement, watching his face turn from healthy black and red to pale, and finally his lips were a little blue and gray, his whole body trembled, his legs were weak, and he sat down on the ground!

"Oops, hey......" The big man clutched his stomach and cried out in pain, and began to retch, but he couldn't spit out anything, stuck out his tongue, and looked extremely uncomfortable.

Ma Chao did not bring the accompanying military doctor on this trip, everyone saw that the big man was foaming at the mouth, and when they saw that it was not good, they were all frightened and shocked, they threw the cactus in their hands into the sand, exhaled bad breath, and wiped their hands vigorously on the armor, as if they were afraid of being corroded by those juices.

Ma Tie and a few soldiers leaned down beside the man, kept shaking him, pinching his pulse and the person, and shouted urgently: "Jiao Zan, Jiao Zan, wake up!"

Qi Han said on the side: "Quickly pick his throat and see if he can induce vomiting, as long as he can vomit out, it will be fine." ”

Ma Tie didn't say a word, said "rudeness", and put his dark fingers into the big man's mouth and dug deep into his throat. After a while, Jiao Zan spit out a "wow", choking on tears, but his tongue still seemed to be numb, but he stammered and complained: "...... General, general, your hands are very dirty......" As he said this, he seemed to vomit, Ma Tie slapped him on the back of the head and said angrily: "Teach you to be reckless, you didn't die on the battlefield, but you want to die on a bite of food!"

Poor Jiao Zan is a big man, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and his whole body has bulging muscles, but at this time, he was choked and vomited with tears in his eyes, his cheeks were red, and he couldn't say how bitter he was, not to mention how funny and ridiculous it was.

Ma Chao frowned and threw the cactus in his hand, clapped his hands, pursed his lips and said, "Change places, and then look for it." ”

Ma Tie got up and admonished, "Big brother, the sun is hot, and the brothers are almost unable to walk," he pointed to the horses who were struggling to chew on the withered yellow grass stubble, but kept spitting out the sand, "I can't even bear the horses...... If we don't find some water and food first, I'm afraid that before we can find a water source, we will fall down first. ”

The cavalrymen sat on the turf in twos and threes, their lips chapped and their eyes dim.

Ma Chao was hesitating, Qi Han suddenly cut a piece from the cactus bush, walked up to him and said, "This can be eaten." ”

Ma Chao's eyes lit up, and he buckled his shoulders with some gaffe, and said tightly, "What did you say?"

Ma Tie was also on the side, staring at the cactus meat in Qi Han's palm, with a light of hope flashing in his eyes.

Since Qi Han said that the cactus was poisonous just now and saved Jiao Zan, Ma Tie's impression of him has completely changed. This kid looks a little weaker, but he really has some skills.

Qi Han cut the fleshy top of the cactus with a saber, gradually peeled it off, removed the hard thorns, took out the pulp in it, smashed it, and handed it to Ma Chao, Ma Chao picked up the green color, and it was fresh and delicious at a glance, and was about to raise his head to drink, but Ma Tie suddenly stopped him, looked at Qi Han hesitantly, and muttered: "You ...... You drink first!"

It's not that he doesn't believe in this little captive, it's that Jiao Zan's previous poisoning was too scary, and he didn't dare to ask Ma Chao to drink first.

Qi Han frowned, "um", and was about to mash it out again, but Ma Chao glanced at him, but pushed Ma Tie's arm away, aimed at the juice of the pulp, and raised his head to drink it.

Ma Tie swallowed and stared at his brother nervously.

"How? can you eat it?" asked Ma Tie.

Ma Chao glanced at him, smacked his lips, and then bowed his head at Qi Han, his face was slightly pale.

Seeing that he was indeed fine, Ma Tie couldn't help but be overjoyed and let out a cheerful cheer.

Qi Han said: "You call them over, and I will teach them the method of identification, and you can avoid poison." ”

"Do as he says. Ma Chao glanced at Ma Tie, and Ma Tie went to call someone in a hurry.

Qi Han picked up the rest of the cactus meat and explained to Ma Chao: "If it has spikes like this, and grows slightly to the south, the color is bright and normal, and there is no hoarfrost on it, you can eat the juice stored in its stems......" As he spoke, he raised his head and took a big sip of the mashed juice before.

"Okay, I made a note of that. Ma Chao nodded, listened very carefully, and didn't dare to get distracted at all.

After Qi Han drank it, he felt a slight shock in his spirit, so he continued to explain to him while exploring the depths of the green space.

Along the way, he found several kinds of green plants with abundant water storage. After carefully recalling the graphics and records of Taiping Jingyao's "Materia Medica", and after confirming that it was non-toxic, he pointed them out to Ma Chao one by one, demonstratively cut the gap under the stems and leaves, squeezed it for a moment, and motioned Ma Chao to stretch out his head and pour the gushing juice into his mouth.

There are many people who have served Ma Chao to drink fine wine and food, but no one has ever fed him this light, clear, and even strong grassy slurry, but for some reason, after he swallowed it a few times, he felt that the water was moisturized to the depths of his internal organs, and it was indescribably comfortable.

Qi Han cut off a plant shaped like a banana leaf, pierced the base of the petiole with a knife, got water, drank it himself, and then went to peel another piece again. This plant is called "water banana wood" in the "Materia Medica", the quality is excellent, it does not pick the growth environment at all, the leaves are huge like banana fans, very hard and fast, and it is arched in an oblong circle, like a peacock with the open screen, and the shape is very similar to the traveler's banana that quenches people's thirst in Africa, just like their savior in the desert.

Ma Chao was overjoyed when he saw it, his handsome eyes bent, and he patted Qi Han's shoulder and said, "Boy, there are really yours!"

This is the first time he has put down the shelf and regarded Qi Han as his partner, and there is a sense of relief in his tone, as if he sees the hope of survival.

Ma Chao took out the water bladder and continued, looking at these inconspicuous dwarf trees, seeing that their petioles were cut by Qi Han and the clear water was bubbling out of the broken place, he was a little stunned, and he only felt incredible. The sound of the water was very pleasant, it was better than all the huqin he had ever heard, making his mood go from heavy and depressed to suddenly light, and he couldn't help but look at Qi Han deeply - he secretly said in his heart, this black-faced boy really has some skills, even the water stored at the bottom of the leaves of this kind of tree knows it clearly, and he knows more than any experienced old man in the desert, which is really amazing.

"Well, it's not just this, it's this, it's also a natural water reservoir, and its roots can provide water. Qi Han panted slightly, pointed to an inconspicuous small thorny bush, raised his saber to cut them off, Ma Chao glanced at his right hand trembling a little, guessing that he probably had no strength, and snatched it away.

He slanted his lips and smiled, pushed Qi Han away, and said loudly, "Look at me!" he said, stretching his arms through his arms to chop these bushes.

Qi Han stopped him, and in Ma Chao's stunned eyes, he took back the saber, shook his head, and said, "Don't make trouble." When Ma Chao heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said in his heart, this person is not small and dares to talk to me like this. He raised his eyebrows, and was thinking about whether to get angry, but he saw Qi Han indifferently cut off the roots of these shrubs, threw them aside, and pulled out some strange roots from the brownish soil, after they broke, thick milky white juice suddenly came out, Qi Han smiled: "You see, these roots also have a certain amount of water in them, and they are not deep, so they are easy to dig." You tell the sergeants to be careful when digging, and when you break the wooden skin, don't move too much, so as not to spill it and waste water, and after poking the hole, just drink it directly to your lips. ”

Ma Chao's eyes bent, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you." ”

Feeling that he had lost his opinion, he coughed uncomfortably. I wanted to be serious, but my lips couldn't be restrained.

Ma Chao secretly looked at Qi Han's expression, and saw that he didn't care at all, and when he met the pair of bright black eyes, he couldn't help but think, and suddenly wanted to say: "Hey, your captive status is now exempt." —but he felt very embarrassed, and a little unspeakable—as if he had said this because the black boy had done so much for them, and the pardon had become a bargain, and it seemed very snobbish and insincere.

Ma Chao was awkward for a while, so he didn't mention it first. Then he followed Qi Han to recognize the plants that stored water, and then walked back, he stood in the center of the cavalry recruited by Ma Tie, and took a lot of time to explain these life-saving plants clearly. 166 Reading Network