Chapter 62: Human Counting
Seeing that there was no one around, Yu Shengzhi asked Li Xiaofei a question, "Master Li, is there no elixir at all?" It's just a pretense for you to stall for time! ”
Li Xiaofei sensed the murderous intent in Yu Sheng's words, and immediately replied, "Lord Yu is too worried, how wise the saint is today, if it is a non-existent thing, how can I live until now?" ”
"The First Emperor and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are also wise lords, haven't they been deceived by Fang Shi? By the way, our purpose of going to sea this time is the same as Xu Fu's going to sea back then. Xu Fu couldn't return to the Central Plains back then, I think he must not dare to go back! Our Lord Li, is it going to be the second Xu Fu? ”
When he said this, Yu Sheng stared at Li Xiaofei deadly, Li Xiaofei sighed, "Xu Fu has no family, no worries, my son, daughter and wife are in the hands of the emperor, do you think I, an old man who is almost sixty years old, will go to occupy a small island and become king?" Back then, the old man held the thirteenth battalion of the most elite in the South China Sea in the world, and he didn't have such a mind. If General Yu wants to be Xu Fu, I won't stop it, and I will take my friends to continue to look for the elixir of life in the extremely cold land. ”
"Master Li, is there still a way to survive when we go back now? We also have parents, wives and children in the Central Plains! In fact, this errand was not originally sent to sea, but because I offended Xiao Xun, the commander of the sailors, I and my brothers were sent out. I heard that Lord Li is a legend in his life, and he can survive several disasters in front of the emperor, Yu Mou is pestering Lord Li today, you have to show me and my brothers a way out! ”
After saying that, Yu Shengzhi knelt down, and Li Xiaofei took a step back vigilantly and looked around.
"There is no one else here, Lord Li is really cautious, you have Huayang swordsmanship, even if there is an ambush below, it will not help! Lord Li rest assured, Yu has no ill will towards Lord Li! ”
"I trust you, but I'm not sure the two of us are not being followed by Jin Liangwei's men! This is a difficult problem, if you go back, you may die, and if you don't go back, your family will be implicated! Not only you and me, but most of my brothers are facing this problem. But I chose to go back to Daliang, and your choice is to stay! ”
Yu Katsuyuki was a little surprised, and hurriedly waved his hand, "I haven't chosen yet, I'm just worried,"
"When you ask me the first sentence, you have already made a choice, you want to stay, and then you need me to go back to Daliang to ensure the safety of your family! You don't have to hide it, you have to be sure that it's my choice, and the choice of your men! Not everyone will trust me and you, and not everyone doesn't want to go back to the girder! I know that you can stay and be the king of this new continent, this is your choice, and perhaps it is also the mission given to you by God! ”
Yu Shengzhi sighed, "In fact, being the king here, where is it better to be a rich man in Jiangnan, let alone to compare with the capital!" I just want to survive, Lord Li knows the emperor better than the world, and the most terrifying thing in the world is the emperor! I really don't dare to think about what kind of punishment I will be punished when I return to Daliang if I don't get the elixir of life! ”
Li Xiaofei patted Yu Shengzhi on the shoulder, "Look at this continent, go another thousand miles to the south, and then find a dangerous place to build a new city and subdue the local natives, will it be stronger than in a place near the sea!" Without the big ships, no one would return to the girder, far from the coast, and it would not be easy to be spotted by other fleets passing by! ”
"Master Li, if I stay now, Jin Liangwei hidden in the team will definitely not let me go, if I take the fleet to the south for a distance, the boat suddenly has an accident, and it is logical to go ashore again, but to do this, you need a reliable person!"
Li Xiaofei smiled: "You want it."
Borrow someone, just say, just don't do the act of killing people and destroying people, the old conch is a good hand at doing this kind of thing, I will send him to follow you first! But remember to keep your supplies on board, or you'll find yourself in a desperate situation when you get ashore. ”
"There are a lot of fruits and edible tree roots and tubers here, so how can you be in a desperate situation if you don't have to worry about eating?"
"No, no, no, this is a desperate situation, you see these natives don't, because you don't have to farm to get food, so the natives are much lazier than us, and sometimes the conditions are too good but it's a burden. I hope you will understand that if we lose the habits we have maintained in the Central Plains, it will not be long before we will be as weak as the natives! ”
Yu Shengzhi nodded, "I understand why Lord Li can fight with the emperor, because Lord Li will think farther and deeper than others at any time!" Teachable! ”
"You go and make arrangements, the people who stay have to make a gesture of leaving, and I, the person who is leaving, have to continue to stay and go south to find the three-tailed falcon!"
Yu Shengzhi also knew that Li Xiaofei had been looking for the three-tailed falcon to make a medicine primer for Wang Ruoyun, and at this moment, when he saw Li Xiaofei's sad face, he comforted, "The three-tailed falcon that Lord Li said, Yu Mou will also look for it along the road, if Yu Mou finds it first, he will definitely send it back to Lord Li!" Yu suddenly thought that Master Li could take people to make special road signs along the road, and when the time came, I would be able to know where Master Li was after I landed! ”
"I appreciate your kindness, and if I make a signpost, others will be suspicious, and once you have landed, you must not be seen again! Jin Liangwei will definitely stare at me more! And this is your chance! Speaking of which, you and I must not meet in private again, once our secret is revealed, it will be a bloody storm! I don't want to see the tragedy of cannibalism again! ”
After Li Xiaofei finished speaking, he rushed towards the new city under the mountain, and he and Hongrui continued to find the old man in the native people to inquire about the news of the three-tailed falcon.
The hard work paid off, and after asking a few old men, there was specific news about the three-tailed falcon.
These three-tailed falcons inhabit the forest by the lake three hundred miles south of the stone henge, but there are crocodiles eating people in this lake, and there are giant pythons in the forest, and the tribe of the natives has tried countless times to cross this forest, but they have failed.
As soon as they heard that Li Xiaofei and they were going to this forest again, the old people cried.
Hongrui told Li Xiaofei that the old people were so panicked because they had witnessed the tragic scene of their relatives being devoured by pythons in the forest.
"I just took people to avenge them this time, and to deal with the python, we have to build a winch and a bed crossbow, and we have to prepare dozens of truckloads of dry firewood, even if it is burned, it will be burned to death!"
"It is said that the python's skin is as hard as a rock, and the arrows and spears of the natives cannot hurt it at all! Xiaofei, you can't be careless! ”
Li Xiaofei thought for a while, "Collect all the thick straw ropes in the past few days, in short, I will do everything I can to kill the giant python and find the three-tailed falcon!" ”
Four days later, Li Xiaofei set out with 300 men, this time equipped with 50 wheelbarrows, loaded with dry firewood and wood for building winches and bed crossbows.
After passing through Stonehenge again, Li Xiaofei and the others found that there were some new corpses inside, and the stone statue that was pushed to was re-erected.
"It seems that there are still many tribes around here, and they are still attacking each other! Be careful, everyone! ”
After walking for more than 300 miles, they came to the edge of a large lake, and beyond that was the lake surrounded by forests, and only the north side from which they came was a grassy beach.
"Be careful, there's crocodiles!"
"There's that too
Crocodile, get out of here! ”
As soon as they arrived at the lake, they attracted crocodiles first, and Li Xiaofei had to take everyone to retreat from the two-mile underground village first.
"It seems that these crocodiles have smelled us, I found some bones scattered in the grass beach by the lake earlier, it seems that these crocodiles often eat human flesh, everyone should be careful!"
"Lord Li, sir, fire! No matter what kind of beast, it is always afraid of fire! ”
Chen Ziyou, the captain of the crossbowmen, also came over, he actually heard from the natives that there were some fruits in the south with sweet and sour tastes, and he wanted to see if there was anything suitable for winemaking.
As a result, the fruits encountered along the way were not too sweet and not sour, and they were not suitable for winemaking, so they had to pin their hopes on this forest.
Speaking of making a fire, Chen Ziyou was the first to make a move, took out the fire fold, and collected a bunch of dry grass and firewood on the ground and lit it.
In a few moments, dozens of fires were burning in the camp, and at this moment something flew over the lake in the dark.
"Everyone, be careful, wear helmets, and watch out for what flies by!"
"What is that, overwhelming, not a crow! Watch out, everyone, we're coming! ”
Countless strange birds with large beaks flew over, but fortunately they did not attack people, but opened their mouths when they approached the fire, and then a stream of water fell from the sky.
For these more than 300 people, it was a sudden rainstorm, and dozens of fires were extinguished before they could struggle.
"This, these birds, could it be that they are specially guarding us and not letting us light fires?"
"Maybe it's a coincidence! Don't panic, let's continue to light the fire, this time we will make a fire in the tent and grass hut that we have set up! ”
After lighting a fire in the tent, the toucans came over again and rushed straight into the tent like moths to a fire.
"These birds have beaks bigger than their bodies, and they're here to keep us from making fires!"
Li Xiaofei was a little annoyed why he didn't ask those old men more at that time, and then thought that even if the natives were stupid, they would think of the method of attacking with fire, the reason why they couldn't cross this forest for hundreds of years was that the method of fire attack didn't work.
A few captains did not give up and dug holes in the ground to light a fire, but the large-billed monster birds continued to extinguish the fire, and they would extinguish a bunch of them.
"Retreat five miles back and go down to the village! This place is too close to the forest to light a fire, once it gets dark, I am afraid that it will be attacked by crocodiles or giant pythons" Li Xiaofei decided to retreat five miles and set fire to the village.
After retreating five miles and lighting the fire, the Toucan did not come again, but the soldiers began to panic.
"Master Li, if we can't light a fire, we don't dare to approach the forest, it seems that it will be difficult for us to complete this mission!"
Li Xiaofei's face turned slightly blue, "Don't worry, there must be a way, who will poison it?" ”
Everyone looked at each other, and only the military doctor Niu Yuandong stood up, "I will!" Isn't the adult trying to poison those big-mouthed monster birds? ”
"I had no choice but to do it! Poisoning these thousands of strange birds, this sin is my Li! Originally, these strange birds didn't hurt people, they just put out fires! ”
"Master Li, I still know something about birds, I have seen that this kind of bird lives in groups, eats, lives and goes out together, if it is poisoned, this bird may be extinct from now on!"
"Hold off for a moment, tomorrow each of us will rush into the forest with torches and throw them into those dry bushes, and I will see if the python eats this strange bird that puts out the fire!"