Chapter 25, the beautiful snake
"Later, the damned ones are dead, and I killed them." Ji Yanqing told this past very calmly, as if she was an outsider, and all this had nothing to do with her.
Jiang Wangshu received a lot of information, but he still looked at the flowers in the fog and admired the moon in the clouds. For example, the identity of this Du Ruo, she was originally a Chu general, but she could speak Mandarin Mandarin; For example, the damned ones are all dead, who should die Du Ruo, Fu Cuo, and Li Ge? Another example is dragon wine, which is what he cares about the most.
"Jiang Hou is not curious?" Ji Yanqing poured himself a drink, and it was a full bowl, and he still didn't spill a drop.
Jiang Wangshu shook his head and said, "This is your Nanban family matter, and the contemptible people don't want to get involved."
"Don't want the dragon wine anymore?" Ji Yanqing said with a smile, "Jiang Hou doesn't say it, I also know that the purpose of Jiang Hou's trip is Divine Dragon Wine." ”
"Yes." Jiang Wangshu spit out a word.
"Jiang Hou," Ji Yanqing lay on Jiang Wangshu's back and exhaled like an orchid, "As long as Jiang Hou agrees to me on one condition, the Divine Dragon Wine will naturally be served." ”
"Say." Jiang Wangshu vaguely guessed Ji Yanqing's conditions, and still wanted to confirm it.
Ji Yanqing was like a colorful beautiful snake swaying in front of Jiang Wangshu's eyes, and said in an extremely charming voice: "Now Nanban is all supported by a woman's family of mine, and I also ask Jiang Hou to stay, Nanban 72 villages, 200,000 Nanban warriors, including me, are all yours."
It is undeniably very tempting, Ji Yanqing feels that even if Jiang Wangshu refuses, there will be short-term consideration.
Jiang Wangshu shook his head without thinking, he was not moved, Ji Yanqing was a little caught off guard, she really didn't expect Jiang Wangshu to be reluctant to even think about it for a moment.
"Then change the conditions, Jiang Hou will help me recapture the Nanban." Ji Yanqing's very seductive voice became cold again, and there was no room for bargaining at all.
Jiang Wangshu was hesitating, or weighing. One is an offspring with a bit of fate, and the other is an unknown danger.
There are 200,000 warriors in Nanban, and with Ji Yanqing, a ruthless lady who can't be calmed down, he doesn't know what the hidden power behind this is.
What is unknown is what is scary, such as snakes.
It just so happened that there was a snake in front of Jiang Wangshu, a colorful beauty snake. Her beauty makes men crazy, and she is as strong as the Southern Barbarian King Riego cannot conquer her; Her strength is not only good, but there are few opponents in the second grade; In addition to these two, she also has a head full of cruelty and cunning.
The beautiful snake Ji Yanqing of the Southern Barbarians, although Jiang Wangshu had not dealt with her before, he had heard of it for a long time.
"Does Jiang Hou really bear it?" Ji Yanqing's coldness melted again, and the bewitching intention almost made Jiang Wangshu lose his mind. Jiang Wangshu thought that the amount of alcohol was acceptable, and he would not pour a bowl, but at this time, a feeling of dizziness and sleepiness came to him, making him doubt his amount of alcohol.
"Jiang Hou, Jiang Hou?" In a trance, Jiang Wangshu heard Ri Tan Du Ruo's voice, but Ri Tan Du Ruo would never call himself like this.
"Jiang Hou, are you very hot?" Jiang Wangshu heard it clearly this time, it was the voice of the beautiful snake Ji Yanqing. Jiang Wangshu nodded, he was very hot, as if he had been thrown into the stove.
Nothing was said all night.
Jue and Qi Guanzhuang jumped from a height of ten zhang one after the other, fell into the deep pool, and fell into a lot of meat and eight vegetables, but they were safe for the time being.
Before he could catch his breath, there was a rain of arrows, but fortunately, the rain of arrows fell into the deep pool and had no strength.
"Childe, there's a cave behind the waterfall." Qi Guanzhuang shouted in surprise.
The two struggled to cross the waterfall, and the impact of the waterfall caused a knife wound on the shoulder, and Qi Guanzhuang grinned in pain. Jue pulled Ah Wu to climb up to the platform outside the cave, the two sat side by side panting, dozens of stones fell from the sky in the waterhole, the pleasure of the rest of the life after the catastrophe made Jue numb, and the joy of fighting side by side made Qi Guanzhuang reminisce for a long time.
After the break, the two began to tap on the items, Qi Guanzhuang was empty-handed, Jue had a short knife and a book that never left his body. The mood fell to the bottom, presumably Jiang Wangshu, Wu Quji and Pu Yin also encountered accidents, and it was a fool's dream to survive in Nanban with only this short knife. There are too many crises lurking in the Nanban, including wild beasts, Nanbanians, poisonous insects, mountains and dangerous waters, and crises hidden in the shadows.
The unknown is always the most terrifying, such as darkness.
It was getting dark, but the two of them didn't dare to go out of the waterfall or into the dark cave, so they had to sit on the platform outside.
In the cold winter, Layue jumped into the water, and the two of them had no clean place. Jue is okay, he has always been cold, but Qi Guanzhuang is not, he is worth spending a lot of physical strength to keep warm.
This night was extremely difficult, not to mention the always cautious Qi Guanzhuang, even Jue, who had no heart and lungs, did not dare to close his eyes.
It wasn't until the morning that the two walked out of the waterfall and down the dense forest to the heights. The top priority was how to fill his stomach, Qi Guanzhuang was already so hungry that his eyes were dizzy, and with the wounds on his back and shoulders, he was almost a wasted man, and he followed weakly, chewing on the old tea leaves picked on the road in his mouth.
"Qi Guan, you wait for me here, I'll go see if I can find something to eat," Jue handed the bamboo slip to Qi Guan Zhuang and said seriously, "This can't be lost, take it." ”
Qi Guanzhuang's eyes were red, but he was so hungry that he didn't have the strength to cry. He naturally knew how reluctant Childe was to keep this book, and he didn't leave him on weekdays, and he was willing to give himself to reassure himself.
For a whole hour, Qi Guanzhuang didn't wait for Jue, he struggled to get up, and all he saw was endless fear left in addition to the boundless loneliness.
He doesn't blame Childe, he is a complete burden now, and he will only implicate Childe. Sometimes, choices are in front of you, but there is no choice, such as now.
Half an hour later, Qi Guanzhuang was lying on the ground, his eyes were distracted, and he simply closed his eyes. He was numb, and the pain in his back and shoulders was completely unfelt. In his life, he never had the luxury of dying well when he killed those big children, and when he was betrayed by his brothers and women, it was hatred that supported him to survive, and finally fell into Bashan. Live for nothing, except for less than a month.
Qi Guanzhuang reminisced about the thrill of fighting side by side with Gongzi yesterday, two to ten, such a huge gap, but he survived.
"Officer." Qi Guanzhuang's favorite thing is that Childe calls his name.
No, Qi Guanzhuang suddenly opened his eyes, this is not an illusion, it is the voice of the child. Qi Guanzhuang let out a low sigh, helped an old pine to stand up, and shouted loudly: "Childe, I'm here."
In all fairness, this is the most fragrant rabbit meat that Qi Guanzhuang has ever eaten in his life, and he feasted on the fire so much that he almost swallowed the bones.
"I was supposed to catch a rabbit very quickly and started to get lost." Jue tore the rabbit meat in a small bite and whispered.
Qi Guanzhuang can completely imagine the appearance of the son running around the mountains when he is lost, he eats with a round belly and laughs heartlessly.
"Official, I worked hard to catch rabbits, and you still laugh." Jue said angrily.
Qi Guanzhuang was holding a volume of "Jiahe" in his arms, which was extremely reassuring, and it was the first time that the son was joking with himself.
"The next time you come to make a fire, you'll know the command." Jue threw away the wooden flint and complained with a pair of red hands.
"Childe, I thought you weren't coming back." Qi Guanzhuang chewed rabbit meat in his mouth and said vaguely. His tears fell in large gullies, and his chest rose and fell with emotion.
"Qi Guan," Jue stared at Qi Guanzhuang's eyes and said seriously, "Aren't you going to accompany me on a journey of thousands of miles?" This is where it goes. ”
The stomach is full, the second thing is to look for herbs, salvia and Yuanzhi are on the ox cart, as for the medicinal materials, the two can't remember or recognize clearly, so they can only put it aside for the time being, but the knife wound on Qi Guanzhuang's body has to be treated.
Fortunately, Qi Guanzhuang has rough skin and thick meat, and can barely walk with a stick, he has rich experience in treating external injuries, and recognizes several herbs that can be applied externally with simple treatment.
"Childe, there's the Nine Dead Soul Grass there." Qi Guanzhuang pointed to the cliff that was neither tall nor low and shouted.
"Nine Dead Soul Grass?" Jue was a little bluffing when he heard this name, and he didn't believe in Qi Guanzhuang's pharmacological knowledge.
"Hurry up and roll cypress, we all call it Nine Dead Soul Grass." Qi Guanzhuang scratched his head embarrassedly, where is there still a heinous gangsterism.
"Stay here and don't move, I'll pick it." Jue is a believer, the cypress will be the cypress, and the nine deaths will return the soul grass, and it will be unreliable when you hear it.
The cliff was neither high nor low, Jue climbed up the branches and rocks, pulled it randomly, and asked, "Is this it?"
Qi Guanzhuang nodded and shouted, "Childe, be careful, it's enough."
The two of them dangled in the deep mountains of Nanban for three days, trying to avoid people, and did not dare to drill into the mountains. Relying on Jue's long-term experience in hunting deer, he has not met fierce beasts or southern barbarians, and he can still eat with a round belly and live a good life.
But there is another question in front of the two of them, and that is what about the other three. Pu Yin has a good grasp of pharmacology, but he is a young man who has no power to restrain the chicken, although Wu Quji, who is with him, has grown a lot in the past two years, but in terms of force alone, it is not as good as Qi Guanzhuang, and the two of them must be more than lucky. As for Jiang Wangshu, Jue and Qi Guanzhuang agreed that Jiang Hou was not only fine, but was still looking for himself everywhere, and they had blind confidence in Jiang Wangshu.
In the White Wolf Village, Jiang Wangshu met with Wu Quji and Pu Yin early, but the whereabouts of Jue and Qi Guanzhuang are unknown.
When Bai Ri Puyin and Wu Qujian went into the forest to dig mountain ginseng, they were surrounded by a group of Nanban warriors, Wu Qujian regretted that he should not have come to this Nanban at that time, and even regretted that he didn't listen to Jiang Wangshu's words not to leave the main road, after all, one more person has more strength.
However, Wu Quji, as the representative Sima supported by Qi Min, was not powerless to fight back. It's just that Pu Yin no longer has any strengths except for identifying medicinal materials, so Wu Quji simply gave up resistance, rather than sending him to death, it is better to hold on to his life for the time being, he completely pinned his hope on Jiang Wangshu.
After being escorted back to the White Wolf Village, instead of being taken prisoner, there were big fish and meat to serve, and Wu Quji, who couldn't even eat radish and cabbage along the way, had moist eyes, no matter whether he was dead or alive next, he also earned enough for this full meal.
After Pu Yin ate and drank enough, he asked the Nanban maid Jiang Hou and Jue's whereabouts, first in Liangzhou official dialect, and then in Da Li Yayan, but the maid was indifferent.
"Jiang Hou is very good." The maid finally replied in the broken Liangzhou official dialect.
Hearing this answer, both of them breathed a sigh of relief, and they were not in a hurry to see Jiang Hou. Pu Yin has traveled to many places with Pu Miao, whether it is in the wilderness or in the cemetery, so he shows a calmness that does not fit his age.
As for Wu Quji, although he is the most suitable candidate for the new king in Qi Min's heart, he has only just come of age, and it is difficult to come out to relax, I thought that with Jiang Wangshu's protection, I would travel all the way to the mountains and rivers, but I couldn't even eat a full meal, and at this moment, someone was finally waiting, and he also asked the maid for wine unceremoniously.
The Nanban maid really hugged a small jar of wine, Wu Qujian smelled the smell of wine before he could get drunk, he poured himself a full bowl, and then remembered that there was a half-cooked young man beside him, so he asked old-fashioned: "Child, do you want a bowl?"
"You have such a big heart." Pu Yin shook his head, he had always been cautious, afraid that the Southern Barbarians would eat in the dish, and he would not dare to eat it until Wu Qujian had tried it. Wu Qu was picky and picky, specializing in minced meat, and a few vegetables were not touched by the bamboo, which made Pu Yin, who had always been accustomed to light tastes, feel a little tired.
Pu Yin asked the maid for a pot of tea and poured a cup for Wu Quji.
"You're coming, won't you give me a drink?" Wu Qu looked at Pu Yin quickly, a little curious if this young man was infected with a stupid disease by Jue.
"Drink tea after meals to warm your stomach, and eat tea after drinking to nourish your liver." Pu Yin said seriously.
"What did your master say?" Wu Quji drank the tea in disbelief, but he still couldn't help asking.
Pu Yin nodded, this is indeed what the master Pu Miao said, but I'm afraid even he doesn't believe it, Pu Miao has always liked to drink alcohol and doesn't like tea, only if he is really shy will he touch the bitter tea. Even many of the medicines recorded by Pu Miao were to be drunk with wine, such as giving Jue the Yuanzhi Wutong pill. Pu Yin always felt that Pu Miao did it on purpose, and because of this incident, he was also reprimanded by Pu Miao: "Those medical officers know the pharmacology of a fart, do you see if there is a second medical saint in the world?"
Pu Yin was not happy at that time, and said: "But there is no second famous quack doctor in the world." He deliberately bit the word "famous" very hard.
Besides, in front of him, Pu Yin saw that Wu Qujian had nothing to do after drinking tea, so he poured himself a cup.
After eating and drinking, Pu Yin proposed to go to Jiang Wangshu, but the maid refused on the grounds that Jiang Wangshu was discussing important matters with his wife. Pu Yin didn't give up, and asked the maid where the two companions were, but the maid only said that they were somewhere else.
"Shall we go out for a walk, then?" Wu Qujian said.
The maid nodded and led the way in front, but the seven or eight sturdy Nanban warriors who followed behind made the atmosphere a little depressing. Wu Qujian didn't have the intention of running at all, Jiang Hou was here, and he still had to eat and live here, compared to eating cabbage and radish in the mountains and fields, and even cabbage and radish were not eaten.
The two of them wandered around the valley with the Nanban maid and saw four horses and ox carts. Among the four horses, only Jue's black horse is very easy to identify, but the ox cart will not be wrong, Wu Qujian thought of the appearance of Qi Guanzhuang driving the ox cart and felt funny.
Having already seen the cow and the horse, the two of them temporarily believed the words of the Nanban maid and relaxed.
Pu Yin was attracted by a garden with herbs, and after asking the maid's permission, she looked through the fence. Wu Quji was not interested in these herbs, medicines, or anything, but he felt that the Nanban maid in front of him who was dressed coolly and didn't look like a winter at all had a different taste, so he talked to him. It's a pity that this Nanban maid is cold, although she answers all the questions, but her Liangzhou official words are really lame, and it is extremely difficult for the two to communicate.
However, to have someone to chat with to relieve boredom, and even a good-looking woman, Wu Qujian was in a good mood.
As Pu Yin said that he has a big heart, he admits that he was originally a heartless corner, with a high-powered father and an elder brother who is both civil and military, as long as he lives a chic life. Who knew that the armies of Song, Chu, and Ba took turns to trample on the soil of Qi, and the century-old Qi Kingdom was destroyed, and even Zheng Shuang, Ji, the son of Ji Lang, who was elected to power by him, died. So the tattered mess of Qi Guo fell on him, the second generation of officials who did not learn and did not know how to die.
Wu Quji had already given birth to the idea of throwing this rag to Jiang Wangshu, anyway, the two countries are in the same lineage, they are both descendants of the Ba people, and it is not impossible to restore the Ba Pakistan country, after all, the Qi people are now under the fence.
It's just that Wu Quji didn't dare to put this idea on the stage, he was afraid of causing Qi Min's dissatisfaction. Qi Min has long had the idea of recovering the country, and has proposed countless times to let Wu Quji establish himself as the new king, but Wu Quji is unwilling to do everything and has no choice but to delay it again and again, and even the word "generation" on behalf of Sima is unwilling to be removed.
He has his own little abacus, that is, to give full play to Huang Laozhi's idea of doing nothing, try to care less about the trivial things of Qi Min, integrate Qi Min and Huang Min as much as possible, and then quietly and wirelessly complete the feat of restoring Pakistan.
Of course, Wu Quji also thought about rebuilding the Qi Kingdom, but he could recover the lost territory with hundreds of thousands of hungry and poorly clothed Qi people? This is nothing more than an illusory ideal.
Wu Quji is not a dreamer, he is a doer, only by tying Qi Min to the chariot of the Citrus State, relying on Jiang Hou, who is unparalleled in force and strategy, can it be possible to recover the lost territory. Instead of letting Qidi become Chudi, it is better to rebuild the country of Pakistan.
Jiang Wangshu woke up and looked at the person next to him, he didn't panic or get angry, he just quietly put on his clothes and picked up the teapot on the ground and ate a bowl of cold tea. The beautiful snake Ji Yanqing, what a means, Jiang Wangshu blamed himself for being too careless, and was fooled by this woman.
"Don't pretend when you wake up," Jiang Wangshu said helplessly, "I'm afraid Madame woke up earlier than me." ”
Ji Yanqing dressed without suspicion, Jiang Wangshu turned around, and only turned around when the sound of dressing stopped.
"Jiang Hou, I can only make this decision." Ji Yanqing said with a smile. If yesterday's Ji Yanqing was still a colorful beauty snake, then today is a bowl of soft and glutinous wine.
"It's as if it never happened," Ji Yanqing's face was a little pale when he heard Jiang Wangshu say this, and he was about to speak when he heard Jiang Wangshu say, "I will help you recapture Nanban, that's all I can do." ”
Ji Yanqing was grateful, and wanted to bow down, but was stopped by Jiang Wangshu. Jiang Wangshu said seriously: "This is what I owe you."