Chapter 4: The Oracles I

If you want to go from Guzang to Jincheng, you must cross the weak water and cross the pass of the Qilian Mountains to reach it. When Li Zheng passed through the Qilian Mountains, he found a peculiar phenomenon, that is, a horizontal forest belt appeared in the middle of the mountain, which is a vegetation distribution phenomenon that can only be found in the mountains in arid areas. Because the climate here is arid, precipitation is scarce, but as the altitude increases, the amount of precipitation will gradually increase, but after reaching a certain altitude, it will gradually decrease, and in the altitude zone where the precipitation is the highest in the mountains, there will be vegetation or forests. After the snow, this forest belt in the middle of the mountainside is born on the white mountain, which is very beautiful.

Just when he was sighing for such a beautiful scenery, he suddenly accidentally tripped over a stone and rolled down the hillside. Rolling and rolling, he suddenly realized that it was dark in front of him, and when his body stopped rolling, he realized that he had rolled into the cave. He looked around in a panic, saw two lights, and breathed a sigh of relief, where there is light, there is a hole, but which one is the hole he fell into?

He had to rely on luck to climb out of one of the holes. When I got out of the cave, I felt that the sky was very different from before I fell into the cave. The sky had been gray before, but now the sun was shining and the sky was blue, and then he noticed that the terrain had changed greatly from the place he had just passed. It was a rocky hill that had just passed, but here it was a winding valley with lush trees and bright flowers. He came to this Qilian Mountain many times in his previous life, and he never remembered that there was such a valley, which is strange. He had only walked a few steps, but when he looked back for the hole, he couldn't find it.

Suddenly, there was a shout of killing from the valley, and he climbed a tree to look at the two groups of people fighting at the bottom of the valley. Both groups were dark-skinned and dressed as barbarians, wearing straw hats and robes. The difference is that one straw hat is made of green straw, and the other straw hat is made of dry grass, one green and one yellow, clearly distinguishing the samurai on both sides. Their weapons were spears and broadswords, and the old and weak women and children shouted and cheered behind the battle.

The two sides seem to have a deep hatred, and the killing is extremely fierce and tragic, the cold blade is whirling, and the flesh and blood are flying. The roars of the samurai and the wails of the wounded resounded through the valley. The battle was won and lost in the evening, and the two sides withdrew their troops, retreated to the hillside camps they occupied, lit bonfires, and rested on the ground. The valley fell silent.

After dark, Li Zheng slipped down the tree and touched the barbarians to find food. He was so hungry that he had lost a few pieces of roasted wild boar. He hid for a while in the bushes near the Yellow Barbarians, and when he saw that they were asleep, he went to the campfire and took a few pieces of barbecued game, crouched down and munched on them. was eating deliciously, and the sound of shaking clothes suddenly sounded around him, Li Zheng looked up and couldn't help but sit on the ground in shock. It turned out that all the sleeping barbarians got up, except for the wounded, they all picked up their coats and straw hats, wiped their faces and combed their hair, and the women also picked some wild flowers and put them on their heads. The bonfire illuminated the faces of these men, and their expressions were full of joy. Li Zheng was very puzzled: Are they going to visit relatives and friends in the middle of the night?

He had nowhere to hide around the campfire, and his heart was screaming. But no one turned a blind eye to him, as if he didn't exist at all. He boldly looked into the eyes of the barbarians, and saw that they were cloudy, and their eyes were fixed. After dressing up, the barbarians walked down the hill in droves and rushed to the valley floor, the battlefield of the day. Li Zheng guessed that they were going to find their opponents to fight at night, but what he couldn't figure out was, why should they dress up beautifully when they fought at night? Out of curiosity. He trailed behind the barbarians.

When the group reached the bottom of the valley, the moon rose and illuminated the valley. On the opposite hillside were walking down the green barbarians. Li Zheng's heart hung in the air: he was going to kill again. He hurried up to another tree, which was so high that he could see not only the valley floor, but also the camps on the hillsides on either side.

At this time, the two groups had already met together, but they did not fight, but shook hands and embraced. Embrace. Then, everyone looks for a partner in the other crowd. Some of them poured wine from wine bags with their partners, exchanged glasses, and drank happily; Some exchange necklaces and other ornaments with each other; The children are in a mess in the morning; The older ones sat cross-legged and chatted......

Li Zheng noticed that the young men and women on both sides would go to the grove, and at first everyone would sing around or dance hand in hand in a circle, their eyes always wandering on the faces of the opposite sex. Slowly, there are men... Female....approached each other, clinging to each other, and walked towards the secluded bushes,...... Throughout the night, the two groups spent time in love and happiness.

As soon as a glimmer of light appeared on the ridges, the barbarians scattered all over the valley floor jumped to the ground, and the two groups parted and retreated towards the slopes of the hill to which they belonged. Back at the camp, they fell to sleep. After the sun had climbed over the ridges, they got up to eat something, and the young men took up their arms and rushed down the hillside in groups. The samurai on the opposite hillside also shouted and killed, and the two sides fought fiercely at the bottom of the valley.

Li Zheng looked at the tree all night and morning, but he was not sleepy at all, because what he saw surprised him too much. He couldn't understand why these two groups of people killed each other viciously during the day, but they could love each other at night, which was too contrary to common sense. He suddenly thought of the barbarians' eyes at night, oh, were they sleepwalking at night? Quite possibly. But even sleepwalking shows that they subconsciously want to be friendly with each other.

He decided to provoke the barbarians about the contrast between day and night, and persuaded the two groups to turn their rivalry into a friendship. He got out of the tree and rushed into the battlefield of swords and blood, stopping the two groups of people who had been killed. The two barbarians were shocked when they saw a strange child in strange costumes suddenly break in, and they both retreated a few steps. Li Zheng stood in the middle. He even made gestures to explain what happened to them last night. The barbarian understood what he meant, but the two groups didn't believe that it was the truth, they all regarded him as a liar, and they all cast unkind eyes at him, and they all had the meaning of doing it if they didn't agree with him.

He hid in the distance and pondered for a whole day, and finally came up with a way to make the barbarians realize the truth. When it was dark, he sneaked into the Yellow Camp, and when he was about to sleepwalk with the sleeping barbarians, he found the leader with a feather crown and scratched the leader's nostrils with a piece of grass.

The leader was awakened and sat up in a daze. Li Zheng burrowed into the bushes. By this time the other barbarians had risen and sleepwalked, and the chieftain, who seemed to be awake, looked at his men in astonishment and went down the hill. He didn't seem to understand what these people were going down the mountain for. He got up and followed. Li Zheng secretly rejoiced: As long as this leader sees the next scene, the goal will be achieved.

But what Li Zheng didn't expect was. The leader was a drunkard, and as long as he was sober, he drank constantly, and when he was fighting, he often wielded a knife in one hand and took a few sips of wine in the other. At this time, he didn't sleep well, his head was dizzy, and he wanted to drink even more. He poured all the wine into his stomach at once, and fell asleep drunk. Li Zheng stepped forward and shook him vigorously, but he didn't wake up. Others were sleepwalking with each other, and after the night passed, the barbarians were still addicted to their dreams.