Chapter 26: Spring Sowing and Hunting
"Do you still want to come to the female pavilion? I'm listening."
"Judging from Hu Hou's face, Hu Hou's ears have outer wings, and they should come from a wonderful place. Guanjun Hou's facial features, wide and thick cheeks, must be Hu Hou has been through the military for a long time, the forehead is wide and the top is round, it must be the art of learning heaven and man. There are superficial residual lines at the corners of the eyes, and the age does not seem to be less than the crown but the face of the year that is not confused. The comprehensive appearance of the facial features is the appearance of a thousand-year-old emperor, especially compared to the ancestors. There are a thousand knots in the heart, and they will be solved. Looking at the five senses, I can't see the end of my life, and I don't know the cause of death. Please forgive me if there is any inappropriateness."
"Oh? I don't know what to do right now? ”
"Please reach out and see you." Ouyang Xuan hurriedly got up, stretched out his hands and placed them in front of Xu Yan. Xu Cheng looked at it for a long time before he said: "This time forbearance is the best, and there seems to be unresolved grievances in Hu Hou, so it is better to endure it." In recent months, it is not advisable to make the scourge of blood light, often hold the hand of the hilt of the sword, and can still play the calligraphy and painting, which is the only one in the world. Today, because of the illness of his nephew and grandson, he was fortunate to be in his life, just as he was fortunate to be gifted by Emperor Qin back then, and was awarded to Gaozu, and even surpassed. Today's appearance, a certain will not talk about it again, please relax."
"Haha, the female pavilion is too worried."
"In addition, the prince and the marquis, a certain appearance, the forehead seems to be in the face of a hidden master."
"So-and-so wrote it down. Xie Henting waited, untie a certain knot. The illness of the nephew and grandson can be relaxed, and if you take a certain medicine, you can be cured in more than a month."
Ouyang Xuan was also a little confused, and he didn't know if it was accurate. Ouyang Xuan really had the idea of killing a few people, but now it seems that he should bear with it. I thanked Xu Cheng again before sending him out of the villa.
As soon as Xu Cheng left Ouyang Xuan's sight, he was directly taken to Weiyang Palace by Huangmen in a carriage. "Can Xu Mu look at the face of the waiter?" Liu Qi asked from the main seat in the hall.
"A certain view of the face is rich and noble, pedantic and human, and the life span cannot see the cause of death."
"Have you ever seen the opposite?"
"The face of the greeting is loyal and kind, and there is no reversal."
"Oh, in this way, I can rest assured, there is a mother."
"In addition, the appearance of a certain observation and waiting for His Majesty is very close, and there are patterns that match the sun and the moon. This is in line with the conjunction, and His Majesty's lifespan can be extended to the year of the Cane Dynasty (80 years old), and the rest of the matter is forgiven by the old man who is unable to check it."
Let Huangmen send Xu Cheng to Changle Palace to see the Empress Dowager Dou, they are all old friends, and the Empress Dowager Dou can have today, all of which are the credit of Xu Cheng. After listening to Xu Ying's words, Liu Qi showed a rare smile on his face, and ordered someone to throw a stack of red slips on the case table into the brazier, and summoned the prime minister and the imperial historian to see him.
Zhongnan Villa, after Ouyang Xuan sent Xu Cheng away, his mood couldn't calm down for a long time, so he found Shantou and ordered him to stop the assassination plan. I've always wondered who this Xu Cheng is, and I can't remember it.
The guard in charge of the investigation came back to report: "Back to the prince, the female pavilion was invited to Weiyang Palace after leaving the village."
"Go down, and don't talk about it again." "No".
Ouyang Xuan is now sure that this is sent by Liu Qi to investigate himself, and it is all the emperor's common disease. I don't have any objections now, and I shouldn't cause trouble for myself in physiognomy.
A month later, the Lieutenant's House. Tingwei Chen Jia paced back and forth in the hall, "Chen Tingwei, sit down and talk, so back and forth, a little dizzy." Wei Wan said unhurriedly. "Lieutenant Wei, what do you think? This Lang Zhongling's strategy is seamless, why is this waiting just not taking the bait? He has never even read a note, so could this man see the secret? ”。
"Hu Hou can't see it, this official doesn't know, but your way of being a human being is so sinister, it is unreasonable, be careful of retribution. If Hu Hou really commits a crime, the official will not spare him. But don't you feel ashamed to frame people like this? ”
"If this son is not removed, how can we scholars and Confucians gain a foothold? Wen, this son is the best choice today, Wudang is the best person, a little time, a mind, and this son in the court, it must be our sorrow. Only when their minds are not yet fulfilled can they be removed from the danger of ascension."
Wei Juan shook his head and said: "When I look at this son, my heart is as light as water, and my face seems to be angry, but I can't bear it." Leading the army without self-reliance, being able to soothe the public, regardless of their suspicions, meritocracy, shows their loyalty".
"Alas, Lang Zhongling, the prime minister, and the imperial historian worked so hard to implement this clever strategy, but this son was indifferent, no matter what a simple letter can be. Alas, this official retired". After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the atrium. Wei Juan just shook his head in the back and said with a wry smile: "Tell Prime Minister Tao that the law of heaven cannot be blasphemed."
This spring came very early, and in early April, it was already 10,000 points of greenery on the top of the mountain. It is the spring sowing season of the land of Guanzhong, and Ouyang Xuan, as the owner of the fiefdom, needs to receive the sacrifice of heaven and earth according to the Han law to ensure a good harvest. The ceremony was presided over by the state minister of Juxian County, who was also the state minister of Hu Houguo, and the location was on a flat land at the confluence of the two rivers to build an altar, and the money was of course paid by Ouyang Xuan himself. The ritual is very simple, burn the table to sacrifice to the sky, sacrifice three animals, the table is the name of the head of each household in the feudal province last year, the offerings, and the three animals are chickens, sheep and pigs. It's not a national sacrifice, so you can't use a ding, you can only replace it with a brazier. Worship the statue of Shennong and worship the god of rain, all of which are led by Ouyang Xuan, and finally Ouyang Xuan ploughs the first ridge of land. The rest is a square dance performance by the wizards, which is similar to the nomadic shamans.
The corn field that Nie hired was looking for was on a piece of high-quality land next to the villa, ten acres of land, and the drought was moderate. After participating in the sacrificial activities, Ouyang Xuan came directly to this land. Without help, Ouyang Xuan wore linen clothes, personally drove the oxen and ploughed, and turned the ground very deeply, this kind of living in high school was the best way for Ouyang Xuan to earn tuition when he was in spring ploughing. I turned over the ground and sprinkled it with the fermented farm manure in the biogas digester of the villa. The digester was designed entirely according to the rural methods of later generations. The waste is collected in pipes and fed into the ponds, where it is fermented, and the biogas is piped to the bathrooms and workshops, where the fermentation is used to make farm fertilizer.
After spreading the fertilizer, then plough it again, then spread the fertilizer again, repeat it three times, water it in the ridges, wait for three days, and start sowing. The seeds are taken from the big golden stones, put in a large pot, soaked in water for half a month, and then put the seeds that they brought and harvested in the pot to soak the cotyledons and buds, and then wrapped them in river mud and put them in the pot to soak them, waiting for sowing.
On the day of sowing, the sun was very good, the temperature was about 20 degrees, and it was a scene of spring flowers, the branches spit out young leaves, the spring flowers on the mountain were blooming, and the peach blossoms in the mountain were dripping. Ouyang Xuan took the concubine and the white wolf, and the guards followed behind with pots of seedlings. When I came to the ground, I dug a foot-deep pit and tested the temperature of the pit wall with my hands, which was about the same as the temperature. Only then did they allocate manpower, in groups of three, one person digging a pit, one person planting, and one person cultivating soil. They are all from the farmer's background, and these jobs are thorough. Ouyang Xuan, Yi Fei and Zhu Shan, the corn seedlings are all finger long stout seedlings, Ouyang Xuan dug a pit in front of him, Yi Fei was responsible for putting the seedlings, and cultivating the soil behind Shan. The white wolf also came to join in the fun, digging a pit with his front paws in front of Ouyang Xuan for a while, and running to the back for a while, kicking the soil to fill the pit with his hind legs on the edge of the pit where the seedlings were planted, and trying to put the seedlings in the pit with a big mouth in the blood basin, but the result failed, and he could only symbolically stick out his tongue and lick the face of the righteous concubine. Or the brother and sister went back and forth to the field to pick up seedlings. Ten acres of land and 500 people sow, that is, all the work is completed in the morning, because it is cultivated with soil, there is no need for shading, which saves a lot of trouble. Of the ten acres of land, only one acre of potatoes was planted due to the lack of teeth, and the rest were all corn, and soybeans were planted on the edge of the ridges. Looking at the ten acres of green land, Ouyang Xuan was very excited, and then looked at the green hills, he was even more inexplicably excited.
This joy, the next thing is naturally absurd. All of them brought weapons and went into the mountains to hunt, mainly wild boars. Ouyang Xuan ordered, these guards who had been specially trained by Ouyang Xuan for two months were like crazy, and the speed at which they went back could be described as flying. There are even crazier than them are Buick and Guli, carrying the righteous concubine, leaving aside their four paws, and returning to the villa at a gallop. Guli, who was one meter four tall on his forelimbs, knocked the doorman on a big heel. turned around and bared his teeth at the doorman, sticking out his tongue as an apology.
Go back to your room and change into a camouflage uniform, bring a backpack, and have all your swords and crossbows. This time I went hunting in the mountains, and I also brought mountaineering equipment, ropes, etc. In less than half an hour, the escorts had already completed their formation under the Shantou organization. Handed over the guards of the villa to the five hundred forest special training soldiers, took the white wolf, and entered the mountain along the river valley. This time, Ouyang Xuan also took the concubine with him, rode a short pony, and two guards were responsible for safety. In this era, the Qinling Mountains were extremely rich in wild animals, in addition to wild boars, there were also various deer, tigers, leopards, etc. Passing by the Yulin Army station, Ouyang Xuan went to see their training. For the time being, the training here is in charge of Lang Oath and Zhang Jian, and they are all satisfied with the daily practice according to the methods taught before.
The group passed the Yulin Army garrison and went straight to the mountains along the river, except for the righteous concubines. The white wolf naturally took on the reconnaissance mission and rushed left and right in the jungle. The entire team was divided into three groups: reconnaissance, circle, and attack. Before he had even gone ten miles, he had already hunted more than a dozen wild boars and a tiger. The team was led by Shan, who was familiar with the area and was familiar with finding prey nests. The further you go, the more beautiful the scenery becomes. The breath of early spring is blowing in the face, and it is already evening in front of the waterfall, and the team is ordered to set up camp here and barbecue wild things.
Ouyang Xuan likes it too much, the cliff is hundreds of zhang high and about a few zhang wide. The rock wall is smooth and steep, and a waterfall flies down into the sky, straight down the mountain stream. The water vapor that fills the air forms several beautiful rainbows in the sunlight, as if you are in a gorgeous paradise. The amount of water in this era was much larger than that of later generations, and the current was also very fast, and there was a deep pool under the waterfall. After arranging the camp matters, Ouyang Xuan jumped into the deep pool wearing only one trouser, the water was very cold, but these were not difficult for Ouyang Xuan, and after some warm-up, he quickly adapted to the water temperature. Swim freely in the pool, and from time to time you can throw two big fish on the shore. This kind of cold water movement is not something that ordinary people can bear, there are a few guards who think that the water is good, just got into the water, and ran to the shore, no way, the water is too cold, only more than ten degrees. I could only watch Ouyang Xuan churning freely in the pool with envy, the white wolf brothers and sisters were not afraid, the moment Ouyang Xuan entered the water, he also jumped into the water with a plop, swimming more happily, playing and playing under the waterfall. Seeing Ouyang Xuan catch a fish and throw it ashore, Buick was also eager to try, after several failures, he finally proudly swam ashore with a big red fish in his mouth, threw it in front of a guard, aimed at it with his eyes, and the guard understood it, and quickly began to scrape the scales with a knife, and began to clean up the fish, these two ancestors couldn't afford to provoke it, and the consequence of being annoyed was that they wanted to sleep at night, or they were walking inexplicably falling on their heels.
It took half an hour for Ouyang Xuan to come ashore, quickly dried himself on the shore, got dressed, and began to clean up the fish thrown up. He asked him, "How far is that giant beast's lair away?" ”。“ Not far away, after the Lion Ridge, walk for half a day in the cave next to the bamboo forest."
"Well, send more men to the sentry at night, there are too many wild beasts here, and the shore is full of beast footprints."
Buick and Guli have special personnel to serve them today, specially picking fish bones for them, and as a reward is a big tongue to lick their faces. In this era, the night in the mountains and wilderness is destined to be unpeaceful, Ouyang Xuan's tent is given to the righteous concubine to live, and he is fully armed to nap on the mattress outside, and the white wolf brothers and sisters are squeezing Ouyang Xuan one by one and falling asleep. Now the habits of the two of them have almost changed, the wolf is supposed to be an animal that is active at night, the two of them are fine, they sleep soundly at night when they are fine, except for the sense of smell and hearing to maintain the vigilant nature of the wolf, the others are no different from dogs. In the middle of the night, the guard on duty found a female tiger, and before Ouyang Xuan could get up, Buick was the first to rush out, seeing that the tiger was not as big as Buick, and he didn't use other people's help, Buick and a wolf easily bit off the tiger's neck. As the smell of blood spread, several leopards, seven or eight wild boars, and a large male tiger were hunted one after another. By the time a brown bear appeared on the edge of the pool, it was almost dawn. Ouyang Xuan was alone against the giant bear this time, holding a long knife, and the moment the bear pounced on Ouyang Xuan, he was cut off by a knife.
In the morning, seeing that the prey Ouyang Xuan was a little big, he had no choice but to send someone to the Yulin station to find someone to carry the prey down. It is specially required that the bear paws and tiger bones and tiger skins should be kept, and the others should be disposed of at will. By the time the prey had been processed, the sun had shone into the canyon, and the group continued around the cliffs. The cliffs on both sides of the canyon are lined up, the stalagmites are soaring to the sky, the water is murmuring, and I can't help but chant a poem: the side of the steep wall in the mountains hangs. The dragon roared and the tiger roared for nine days. Jin Shui murmurs and sings, and dares to compete for the top of the mountain. Passing through the canyon was a locust forest, and when passing through the locust forest, Ouyang Xuan actually found several purple Ganoderma lucidum on the ground covered with moss, and two of them actually reached about one meter, which was really unreasonable. Hurriedly ordered people to cast a net to find Ganoderma lucidum, and in less than two hours, dozens of them were found, the largest of which was about one meter two.
A short distance out of the locust forest, I saw an endless bamboo forest at the end of the canyon, and trouble followed.