Chapter 40: First Encounter with Uncle Xuan
Ouyang Xuan galloped away, and the herdsmen had already picked up all kinds of guys, and they also rushed to the place where the accident occurred. It turned out that a large one, two small and three brown bears who had been recovering from hibernation had gone up the mountain to forage for food and inadvertently broke into the flock. As long as wild animals don't hurt people, Ouyang Xuan's current attitude is to drive away and release them. For brown bear mother and child, there is still a way to drive away. He asked the herdsmen around him to fetch some cooked meat and food, and hung it in the woods not far from the mountain, and his weapons were only two short knives and three bears to confront outside the guardrail. Probably out of motherhood's protection of her young son, the big female bear rushed directly to Ouyang Xuan. There was no choice but to pull out the golden short knife that flashed blue light from the leg sheath, hold it in one hand and hold it in the other hand, and stand still on the line of the she-bear's impact.
At the moment when the bear straightened up and swooped straight at Ouyang Xuan, Ouyang Xuan turned to the right side, let go of the bear's attack line, and the knife held in his left hand went straight into the back of the bear's head, with the right leg as the axis, he turned left and turned left, the short knife in his left hand had been deeply inserted into the back of the female bear's head, and the short knife held in his right hand pierced the bear's right chest from behind. Draw your knife quickly and jump to the side to prevent the she-bear's final counterattack. Where could the sharp knife allow the female bear to fight back, and when Ouyang Xuan jumped away, the female bear had already fallen to the ground and died. In order to prevent the little bears from seeing such a cruel scene, Ouyang Xuan walked to the two little bears, and put the little bears in the nearby yurt with one in one hand, and asked the herdsmen to feed them some food. When they went out, the guards had already arrived, and asked the guards to fetch some money and food for the herdsmen who were to eat meat. Since he killed the mother of the two bear cubs, he had to raise them himself and release them into the mountains and forests. There were many herdsmen surrounding the body of the female bear, and Ouyang Xuan stepped forward and asked the herdsmen to dispose of the body of the female bear by themselves, as long as the bear paws and bear bile of the forelimbs were removed. After the guards paid the herdsmen money and food, they whistled to Buick and Guli, who were working diligently with Fenghuang to herd sheep. They have never shrugged off dangers like bears. Just the two of them can kill a male bear, and they have never been dismissive of the emaciated female bear in summer, and now the biggest headache for the two of them is the two phoenix emperors hovering over their heads. Hearing Ouyang Xuan's call, he naturally ran over, squatting beside Ouyang Xuan, still looking up at the Phoenix Emperor hovering in the sky.
With two bears under their armpits, Buick and Guli stared at the sky with their heads held high in front, and Xuanyuan followed behind, walking towards their own alpine courtyard. On the way, Ouyang Xuan always felt that there were a pair of eyes watching him. Until he walked to the service point of a summer ranch, Ouyang Xuan's feeling was still very strong. This herdsman service center is also a refugee who fled from Han land due to drought when Yulin Junhou, who guarded the mountain pass 20 years ago, when he was serving at the border pass. According to the Chinese policy, it is possible to get a piece of land to recuperate, but this family has been working as a servant in the Junhou's family in order to be grateful, until the Junhou's wife died of illness, and Ouyang Xuan returned to the Dawan Valley, and the eldest son of the family moved here with the Junhou to settle down, bought some cattle and sheep to become a herdsman, through the purchase and sale of the current is also a large animal husbandry household in the western states, usually there is a service point in the herdsmen's grazing points, selling the necessary vegetables, salt and grain and other materials for the herdsmen's life. On this grassland, there are still nearly 1,000 head of Ouyang Xuan's cultivated Hui sheep, which are now priceless and marketable.
At the service point, Ouyang Xuan asked for a bowl of milk tea, sat on the table outside the wooden room, and asked the guards to put the two bears in the Yulin military camp to be raised, and when they were older, they were released. The wish is good, but these kills now have pets, and they can be easily let go. The two guards happily led the two bears back to the barracks not far away, they were not worried about Ouyang Xuan here, this is also Ouyang Xuan's request, it is better to take precautions around than personal guards, and the two bears have also started their legendary lives (explained in detail later).
Drinking milk tea, Ouyang Xuan whistled down Fenghuang, otherwise Buick and Gu Li's necks might flash. Touching Buick's head, he said to himself: "You two are also lucky, you have followed me for more than a hundred years, and now you are also a fairy-level divine beast, and you are still competing with two birds." At this moment, a very gentle woman's voice came from behind; "Childe, why didn't you let your divine beast scare that she-bear just now. Do you have to let their mother and son be separated from yin and yang? ”。
Ouyang Xuan looked back at the back, and there was no one. When I turned around, there was a ten** woman standing opposite, raising her left hand, the index finger and little finger were naturally straightened, the middle finger and ring finger were naturally curved, an atypical gesture of I love you in the mute language of later generations, placed next to her face, goose egg face, big eyes, long eyelashes, flickering and blinking, smiled lightly, and said slowly: "I'm here, why should Childe look back?" Could it be that the little girl has a strange skill? ”。
Ouyang Xuan saw that gesture, his heart was slightly shocked, this gesture was made by Ouyang Xuan to Liu Hui every time he went on an expedition, and later Liu Hui also learned it, every time he traveled, he would silently make this gesture in the distance, until he was old, he was buried with this gesture. "Oh? It was obviously in the back just now, why did he suddenly appear in front of him? Isn't it light work? It's amazing."
The woman hid her face and smiled, sat down on the chair opposite Ouyang Xuan generously, lifted the pot with her wide sleeves, and poured a bowl of milk tea for Ouyang Xuan. said: "The Han family doesn't like the taste of this milk tea, but the son likes it." Grandpa often said that there is a son of the Han family who likes milk tea on this mountain, and today he is really different, and the smell of sheep on his body is very strong", and he smiled again. "Haha, let the girl smile. Being with sheep will have a bit of sheep smell, is it Gu Li, Ouyang Xuan patted Gu Li, who was squatting on the chair next to him and smiling at the woman. It seems that Buick and Guli have unusual feelings for this woman and are very kind to her. Sniffing at her from time to time, the two phoenix emperors had an inexhaustible enthusiasm for this beautiful woman, and the armrests on both sides of the chair beside him landed, rubbing the woman with their distinctive heads. provoked the woman to laugh and say: "Your divine beast doesn't seem to be very close to you, isn't it the son who abuses it?" ”。
"Haha, where do you dare to let it be abused, you have to be an ancestor every day," Ouyang Xuan said with a smile. "I heard that the Taishang Holy Emperor also has such divine beasts and colorful phoenix emperors today, didn't Gongzi steal them from him?" , The woman also poured herself a bowl of milk tea, just took a sip, twisted her head, pushed it to the side of Buick, and said.
"Haha, don't talk nonsense, girl, this is a big crime to kill your head. Emperor Taishang has a good Yulin army around him, if it is stolen, those Yulin troops will not become decorations, where is there still a victory in the battle." Ouyang Xuan took a sip of milk tea, and by the way, put half of the milk tea that Buick had already licked on the side of Gu Li, and said.
At this time, an old man came out of the house and brought a plate of pancakes unique to Shandong, made with a mixture of corn and wheat flour, which were dried and exuded a unique fragrance. Seeing this Ouyang Xuan's appetite, he took a piece and put it in the milk tea to soften, and picked it up with chopsticks to taste it, it tasted very good. said to the old man: "Uncle Tai, if this cake is just done, it is absolutely delicious with green onions, ginger, shredded meat and eggs." Before the old man could speak, the woman said, "Oh, I'm pretty good at eating." Do you know that this is a craft handed down by the Emperor Taishang's disciples? I'm lucky to be able to eat and dry, and I'm quite picky." "Xuan'er, don't be rude." The old man angrily reprimanded the girl, turned around and bowed to Ouyang Xuan and said, "As the son said, when the old man was a teacher, the master also said the same, but the mountains here are high and the transportation is inconvenient. There are things that can only be tasted at the bottom of the mountain." "Haha, so-and-so just said, Uncle Tai don't be too careful, there are some greens in So-and-so's line, let someone send some later", Ouyang Xuan said with a smile, suddenly remembered that there were bear paws, and continued: "A certain just killed a bear and got two bear paws, and it needs to be dealt with, can Uncle Tai serve it?" ”。
"Let the son see and laugh, a certain is to learn some home-cooked dishes from the teacher, in this bear paw has not been seen, I don't know how to do it. It's just that I know from the book that it's not easy to cook." "It's okay, use lime and paper to remove the blood and water in it, and cook it with lime. When eating, simply soak and clean it and simmer it with the chicken. This is only the easiest method, and to make it particularly delicious, it needs to be carefully treated with brown rice, lime, etc., to allow the gum in the bear's paws to mature."
"Oh, I can't imagine that the son is so rich and knows how to cook, so that the little woman looks up to him." The girl didn't wait for Ouyang Xuan to finish speaking, and immediately added a sentence. "Xuan'er must not mess around, you must understand some etiquette things", the old man shouted.
"Grandpa!" The girl got up and said coquettishly beside the old man. "If you mess around again, I will send you down the mountain tomorrow, go back and find your master, how to teach you." The old man said angrily.
"Haha, don't be annoyed, the little girl's heart dictates. I don't know who the immortal master is? ”。“ Alas, this child has been active since childhood. When he was eight years old, there was a foreign feudal man in the Western Regions who lived in the shop, saw Xuan'er, and once divined a hexagram, and he would be a dignitary in the future, and accepted her as an apprentice, and lived in seclusion in a valley in the Tianshan Mountains for ten years. After traveling west last autumn, Xuan'er also returned to Lao Yu, and it was the intention of the immortal master to let Lao Yu build a service point in this grassland." "Do you know what the immortal master is called? In this mountain, there should be a little smell", Ouyang Xuan asked curiously.
"How can the name of the family teacher be told to others? Even if you know, you can't tell it, this is a strict order from the family teacher before leaving", the girl replied very arrogantly.
"Oh, that's interesting, I also had a relationship with an immortal master in this mountain, I don't know if it's the same master", which aroused Ouyang Xuan's curiosity even more. Because in this Tianshan Mountain, there is indeed such a person who has lived for a long time, and that is the master he made up: Fu Hong. Although it was just a name borrowed by himself to disguise his identity, there was indeed such a person in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.
"That's impossible, the family teacher once said, except for a disciple who deceived the world and stole his name, there is only one apprentice like me", the girl shook off the old man's arm and crossed her waist a little anxiously and said.
Ouyang Xuan smiled slightly, because he vaguely felt that that person might be the legendary Fu Hong, and he reasoned that it was indeed a deception and a thief. smiled and said: "Haha, don't worry, since the girl has learned some skills, and she also has some means, you might as well try to compete."
The old man was about to scold the girl, but was stopped by Ouyang Xuan with a wave of his hand. When he came to the open space in front of the wooden house, he made a gesture of please. The little girl has a heart and a heart, and the end of not admitting defeat will come up immediately. Just now, he was still coquettish beside the old man, and suddenly his figure flickered, and a green shadow flashed, and he had already jumped to Ouyang Xuan's side. Rao is Ouyang Xuan reacted quickly enough, and he also reacted, retreated with his left foot, and faced the girl head-on. I saw that the girl was still in front of her, using her palm as a knife, and I didn't know how to accelerate it, in short, it was in front of Ouyang Xuan's eyes in an instant, and the palm knife had reached his chest, Ouyang Xuan reacted, her body was backwards, two steps away, with her right foot as the axis, and turned sideways to the left, so that the palm knife would fall short. His left hand was on his chest, and his right hand was slashed across the girl's abdomen. The girl's kung fu seems to be not weak, after the vertical slash of the palm knife failed, her body shook, and she had already jumped forward, and her right foot turned into a horizontal slash with the help of force. If it weren't for Ouyang Xuan's perennial rich fighting, his left hand on his chest suddenly pushed out a Tai Chi push hand with the strength of his waist and abdomen. The right hand was still unabated, and at the moment of contact, the waist and abdomen suddenly exerted force, instantly knocking the girl out two steps away.
Ouyang Xuan's figure quickly moved forward, stretched out his arm, and supported the girl from behind. "It's offended, it's just that the girl's move only cares about the offense, and forgets to defend, and she will definitely lose in front of the master." The girl straightened up, shook off the hand held by Ouyang Xuan, and said with a red face: "I missed it just now, don't count, come again."
Ouyang Xuan smiled slightly, walked to a distance of three steps, and made a gesture of please. At this time, the old man rushed over, stopped the girl, and said to Ouyang Xuan: "Xuan'er has any offense, please forgive me." Ouyang Xuan smiled and waved his hand and said, "Haha, it's okay, martial arts competition is a hobby of martial arts practitioners." Right, girl."
The little girl blushed and nodded vigorously, and quietly hid behind the old man. Ouyang Xuan walked in front, and the old man and the girl followed back to the edge of the table. drank a bowl of milk tea, and used a whistle to recall Xuanyuan, who was chasing each other with Buick on the grass, with a snowy fur and a white saddle pigeon, which was eye-catching. When the girl saw the horse, she immediately became interested, and said with a red face, "This horse is so beautiful, can you let me ride it?" ”。
"What's so hard about that, beckon, call the horse over, and give the reins to the girl in front of the horse's eyes. Said to the horse: "Don't be stubborn for a while, and you can carry her for two laps in a while." The girl sneered, "This horse is also human, can understand human speech?" What a weirdo, you wait a minute, I'm going to change my clothes, so that I can match this white horse." After saying that, he turned around with a smile, his figure flickered, and he was gone. Ouyang Xuan turned to the old man and said, "Why don't you see Ling Gongzi?" ”。
He went down the mountain to sell sheep, and the herdsmen entrusted him to purchase some things. It is not easy for herdsmen to go back and forth, why they don't have a fixed pasture under the mountain to graze, these herdsmen really can't understand it." "Shepherds are all for the long-term planning of the pasture, you don't know that the sheep are grazing close to the grass roots, and if they are not rotated for a long time, any pasture will eventually become a desert in the sea. It is not unreasonable to summarize the life of a shepherd for thousands of years. Didn't the imperial court also encourage the shepherds to build permanent pasture passages and dwellings, even so?"
"It's still a child's profound insight, and the old man admires it very much." "If the realm of life is not protected, sooner or later it will be a disaster for future generations. For the sake of the long term, rotational grazing is the best way". This is Ouyang Xuan's personal experience, the examples of the grassland turning into a desert in later generations abound, the original beautiful grassland, just a few decades to become a desert, so Ouyang Xuan has strict requirements for the application of new technology, can not be for a momentary pleasure, and forget to leave something available to future generations, especially on the premise that it must ensure that the environment cannot be damaged, so coal and oil are restricted from exploitation. Oil is only used for the military, and coal is only allowed to be mined in open pit mines to a limited extent, and after digging, it must be backfilled with earth, sand and gravel, or directly diverted water for storage. As for the development of other mineral deposits, it is also carried out on a limited basis under strict supervision by officials.
Ouyang Xuan hadn't finished drinking a pot of milk tea, the girl had already changed into a white dress, led the horse to the pasture, flew on the horse, and the movements were clean and neat, Ouyang Xuan sighed to himself. The men and horses coordinated perfectly, and on the green grass, it was like a white lightning bolt with gold trim speeding by. The herdsmen were also shocked, as if they were seeing fairies. Buick and Gu Li also intended to compete with Fenghuang, and they also followed behind quickly. Not to be outdone, the two phoenix emperors flew at a low altitude at a rapid pace, and the scene was spectacular. Ouyang Xuan was a little jealous, when he was galloping on horseback, the two wolves and two phoenixes were still fighting there, ignoring themselves. I don't know how many times I went around, and when the hair on the horse's forelimbs was slightly red, the girl circled the horse back, handed the reins to Ouyang Xuan, smiled slightly, and said: "It's really a BMW, it's enough to meet this horse in a lifetime." Ouyang Xuan just smiled in return, took Xuanyuan and said: "It's not too early, I have to go back, I have nothing to do with it, come to sit in another courtyard of XX." After speaking, he moved the saddle and got on the horse, and said to the girl before leaving: "But don't sneak into the village, it's very dangerous, and the subordinates are all top masters." "Haha, I was just careless just now, I still have to ride your horse, as well as your white wolf and phoenix bird, now it is my friend, don't abuse them, see you later", after speaking, it was the kind of unique wave of his hand, smiled at Ouyang Xuan, and flashed into the wooden house.