Chapter 152: The Man in the Jungle
Gu Xiu learned that Li Guangli was going to recruit prisoners as soldiers, and when he knew that the opportunity had come, he robbed his house and was sent to the dungeon. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Dong Ce was born humble, his mother was a concubine of a large family, and the status of a concubine in ancient times was like a female slave.
If he doesn't get the respect he deserves, he just wants to use his own skills to get it, but because of his mother's family, in addition to Dong Ce's competitive character, his inner jealousy and desire are also very strong, and he just wants to go to a higher and longer-term place, so that his mother and himself can get their due status in the Dong family.
He always told Gu Xiu about the white eyes and cold treatment he had endured since he was a child when he was drunk, he had resentment in his heart, there was infinite gloom, and he hoped that one day, those who had insulted their mother and son would kneel on the ground, kowtow to them, and be obedient in every way.
Although Gu Xiu and Dong Ce are brothers, but their hearts are earlier than the changes in the family and Qin Ruobai's death condensed into ice, he knows that Dong Ce's inferiority complex and yin owl have already made him psychologically distorted and deformed, and he also knows that as long as he uses it a little, the dignified captain will become a pawn in his hands, this relationship is like the relationship between Fu Qiangzi and him, the same people are often attracted to each other.
In the second year, the military horses were well prepared, and Gu Xiu, Dong Ce and hundreds of outlaws marched into the desert with Li Guangli's army and arrived at Lop Nur.
At that time, the king of Loulan died, and the new king of Loulan was afraid of the Huns' iron horsemen, and became a puppet and worked for the Huns. Gu Xiu had long been unaccustomed to Loulan's behavior on the wall, and when the king of Loulan sent troops to raid their rear, he and Dong Ce bravely killed the enemy.
Although the population of Loulan is small, because of the perennial life in the war, the ability to fight is not weak, Dong Ce's military capital has the upper hand, but the people of Loulan have no choice but to take advantage of the time, place, and people, which has created a lot of trouble for Dong Ce.
Among the Loulan soldiers who were good at using hidden weapons, Dong Ce was cast a trick and hit by a poisoned arrow, and soon a Loulan soldier captured him. Just when Dong Ce was about to be beheaded to boost the morale of the Loulan soldiers, Gu Xiu broke through the siege and saved Dong Ce from fire and water.
The team composed of outlaws quickly turned against the guest and killed the Loulan people one by one, but the Hun iron cavalry quickly supported, Li Guangli's support did not catch up, Dong Ce and Gu Xiu fell into a predicament, and some soldiers could only take the dying Dong Ce to temporarily retreat.
The Xiongnu in front had been repulsed, and Li Guangli also captured the king of Loulan, and those murderous felons who were released by Dong Ce at that time followed Dong Ce because they swore to the death, so they took refuge with Gu Xiu to a forest around Lop Nur. Gu Xiu traveled abroad, had a strong ability to survive, and learned a lot of things, he could know a hundred herbs, and after knowing that Dong Ce was poisoned, he searched for usable herbs in the forest, and he believed that the poison of the Loulan people could find an antidote in the local forest.
Although Lop Nur was rich in water and grass in the early days, there were not many dense vegetation areas, and that forest is where we are now, that is, where this ancient tomb of unknown origin is located.
Gu Xi has been looking for this ancient tomb for so many years because of Gu Xiu's mistake. At that time, Gu Xiu was looking for a medicine called "caopylene", which grew in shady and damp places, and the deeper he went into the forest, the greater the chance of finding it. Gu Xiu took Fu Qiangzi's pig-killing knife and advanced into the depths of the forest, it was a spring day, and the birds, beasts, and poisonous insects in the forest all blocked the way, Gu Xiu was drilled by a soft worm, so he had to bow down and remove it with a knife.
The ferns where Gu Xiu was were lush and tall, he squatted down and was covered by these plants, just as he was about to get up after removing the insects, he suddenly heard the sound of machetes splitting the vegetation, Gu Xiu frowned, and thought: "In this rare deep forest, there are other people besides us?"
I don't know who the other party is, and I don't know what they are capable of, Gu Xiu is cautious, he doesn't dare to rashly lean out to see what is going on, but he holds his breath and shrinks his body, he has good ear power in the past few years of training, and he can hear whether the other party is a person who practices martial arts by relying on people's footsteps and wheezing.
He closed his eyes, listened carefully, and thought to himself: "Although these people's breathing is dull, their steps are not so heavy, and they see that they have the ability, but because they have been walking in the forest for a long time, they are a little difficult." Dong Ce was poisoned, but I used some pills to delay his life, although the poison will not be solved immediately, but it will not be fatal immediately, and now the identity of the other party is unknown, if it is a suspicious person, it will be very unfavorable to us, it is better to follow and see first. ”
Bajian heard the old man Gu say that Gu Xiu suspected that the other party was a suspicious person, and couldn't help but sneer, and said sarcastically: "That ancestor really didn't know himself, if you want to say that the cruel and unpredictable people in the world, he is the only one, I am a thief, and when I see a big family, I will follow him, what do you say about those people, the huge forest, why do you have to follow unknown people, I say that he just thinks too much......"
Old man Gu was already running out of oil, and it was very difficult to speak intermittently, and Baocai and I were also listening with relish, interrupted by Bajian, and felt depressed, and the old man had to reorganize his thoughts, if he was energetic now, he would definitely talk to Bajian, but now he has no extra strength, he just wants to tell us the complete truth, so he raised his hand, waved, and said, "Don't interrupt me...... I don't have much time. ”
I tugged at my heart, glared sideways at Bajian, and reminded him not to say when he shouldn't speak, Bajian shrunk his neck and muttered, no more nonsense.
There were five people who didn't know where they came from, Gu Xiu followed them lightly, the huge tree trunks and dense vegetation were his best cover, these people looked very tired, and stopped in a place where there was a stream, while Gu Xiu hid in the bushes.
He had been following before, so he was in a hurry, and did not see the clothes and appearance of these people clearly, and poked his head out to see again, these people were sitting by the stream, although three of them looked short and thin, but when they entered the water to fish, they rolled up their sleeves, and their thin arms, and their dark skin, all proved that they were not as simple as they seemed. They all had wounds of varying degrees on their bodies, and it was impossible to see what they were doing from a distance, but some of them were still deeply wounded, and their clothes were torn, and they looked particularly depressed. They had cloth sacs on their backs, and the cloth sacs seemed to be sharp and angular, and they were equipped with short knives and daggers at their waists, which were not delicate, but rather a little rough, and the knives that really killed people were so unobtrusive about their appearance.
The other person was half bearded, rough looking, but tall and mighty, but a bit of a butcher's look, he was wearing a machete, the blade of the knife and his figure were more compatible, to say that he was the most seriously injured, the belly was pulled open, but roughly wrapped in cloth to prevent blood from spilling.
Gu Xiu thought to himself, "What did these people encounter in the forest?"