The surviving man died the next day.

After Lin Yuan handed over the body to Fu Xi, he gathered all the important people and held a secret high-level meeting next to the Yan King's tent.

"In the end, that's the case, what do you think?"

Lin Yuan sat on the throne carved from rosewood and asked slowly.

The people below, you and I are debating non-stop.

"Whatever, what does the life and death of the people in the mountains have to do with us?"

"That is, when we left the mountains, no one helped us, on the contrary, some tribes still wanted to harm us, have you forgotten? Let them starve to death! “

"But...... Just see death and don't save it, okay? “

"How do you save it? Are you going to feed all the mountain people? Do you have that much food? “

“……”

Lin Yuan waved his hand and said:

"Alright, let's be quiet."

Everyone looked at Lin Yuan.

"Anna, how are our food storage?" Lin Yuan turned his head and asked.

Anna thought for a moment and said:

"Hmm...... Just harvested a season of soybeans last month, if you count it...... Our current corn and soybeans are almost enough for all members to eat for about five years, which is still quite abundant, and the newly built granary on the east side of Huadu is already full......"

Lin Yuan nodded slowly, and then reminded:

"And wild boars?"

"Oh, yes, yes! Last week I also went to check out the wild boar pens outside the city, and if you don't count the young piglets that remained, there were about 100 adult pigs available for consumption, so many of them were running around and I couldn't count them......" Anna grimaced.

"Well, our stock is still good...... Lin Yuan concluded:

"However, even so, I think what you said just now is very right, we can't help everywhere without purpose, and besides, we don't even know what the situation is in the mountains now......

Lin Yuan paused, then said:

“…… But if we don't do anything, it's not in the interests of our Yan people, so I'm going to send someone to the mountains to conduct a long-distance reconnaissance, what do you think? ”

Lin Yuan said in an inquiring tone, listening to it is clear and believing is dark, Lin Yuan knows this iron law of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign leaders, so even in the face of a group of primitive people, Lin Yuan still likes to ask everyone's opinions when making major decisions, even if it is only symbolic.

"King Yan, isn't this good, didn't we decide to reduce trade back then just so as not to expose ourselves? Now take the initiative to send someone out......"

"yes, that's not right......"

"What if the Jiuli clan is brought in?"

"That is, we are now less than 20,000 people, and the Jiuli tribe is said to have more than 100,000! How can this be beaten? ”

“……”

Everyone, you look at me, and I can't stop arguing.

"I think I should go."

Suddenly, there was an objection from a person, it was Fuxi.

He was still wearing the red leather coat, and he stayed quietly in the corner, if he didn't make a sound, everyone would ignore his presence.

"Why......?"

Someone asked.

"Reason...... That is, this is the idea proposed by the Yan King. ”

The crowd was silent......

Fu Xi continued:

"As we all know, our Yan clan can gain a foothold in the wilderness, and even, all of us here can live to this day, all of them are blessed by King Yan, and they are all based on King Yan's judgment, at this time, what is the point of us arguing about this?"

The crowd was speechless.

"Please decide to the Flame King! We are sure that Vulcan will show you the right path! ”

Fu Xi bowed slightly.

Anna stuck out her tongue at Lin Yuan to avoid everyone, Lin Yuan smiled slightly, sat up straight, and said loudly:

"Fu Xi's words are serious, my decision is very important, and everyone's opinion is also very important, so let's do it, I understand everyone's worries, but the current reality is that if we don't know what's going on in the mountains, we don't even know what our enemies are, how can we live with peace of mind?"

Everyone bowed to Lin Yuan in unison, and said loudly:

"What the Yan King said is, please make a decision to the Yan King!"

Lin Yuan stood up and said:

"That's good! Then we will lead the team, select the hunters we are best at scouting, bring enough dry food, and go upstream along the Wei River where the surviving person was found, and set off as soon as possible! ”

Big Tooth hurriedly received his order.

After the meeting, Lin Yuan deliberately stopped Fu Xi and instructed in a low voice:

"You contact the two left and right protectors of the Xia Tu and Bai tribes, as well as yourself, you have time to go back to the Shennong tribe, I'm worried...... Maybe there will be some crisis that we didn't expect, and it's coming......"

Fu Xi was stunned and nodded hurriedly.

After three days, the long-distance reconnaissance party of the eggplant was ready, and they gathered twelve of the most athletic hunters, each carrying fifteen days of dry food, which was mixed with corn and crushed soybeans, mixed with water, and then baked on the hot stone chips, which looked somewhat like dry and hard black biscuits, although they did not taste very good, but they were very nutritious, and easy to preserve, and they were very good as dry food.

At the same time, they carried improved spears and bows, and wore tight-fitting leather garments sewn by the Huaxu tribe to facilitate their rapid passage through the jungle, and the outer parts of the hides were coated with green plant juice, painted a grass green similar to the color of the forest background for easy camouflage.

In the farewell link of their departure, Lin Yuan specially instructed the eggplant:

"Remember! As a last resort, don't go to war with anyone, and don't reveal your whereabouts! Fifteenth! Whatever you find, be sure to return on time! ”

He nodded gratefully, with such a leader who cares about him, even if he goes to the soup, he is willing.

Not long after the scout hunters left, Fu Xi also took his followers and walked slowly along the path that had not been walked for a long time, towards the mountain pass where the Shennong tribe was located.

More than ten days passed in a flash, and during this time, the sentries standing guard at the border did not report any news, and the situation on the other side of the mountain was like a fog, which made it impossible to guess and know.

The fifteenth day came, but Eggplant and Fuxi still did not return......

Day 16......

Day 17......

It wasn't until the eighteenth day that the Huaxu guards stationed at the southwest pass hurriedly reported that they had discovered the Yan scouts.

Lin Yuan hurriedly led people there, and when he saw the eggplant, he couldn't help but gasp.

He was too weak to stand up, and was carried back on a stretcher by two men, his body covered with scars, his face emaciated, and his limbs a little swollen.

"Yan Wang ......"

Seeing Lin Yuan coming, he tried hard to sit up, but he couldn't succeed.

"It's okay, you don't have to get up, just come back!" Lin Yuan comforted.

But he looked pained and said:

"I'm sorry...... I didn't get all of them to come, there were twelve when I left, and now only three of us are back......"

"What happened? What's going on in the mountains? ”

He closed his eyes in pain, as if trying to remember what had happened the other day, and then he continued:

"King Yan, we ...... Along the river all the way up, for the first few days, no tribes were encountered, only the occasional remains of tribes, which seemed to have been abandoned by the people who originally lived there......

Then we suddenly found that it became very difficult to get a little prey in the woods, and you know, although we hadn't hunted in years, we hadn't forgotten the skill of making traps. But......

It's been almost ten days, and we haven't caught a single prey...... Seem...... It seems that the prey of the entire forest has disappeared!! If it weren't for the dry food we brought with us, we would have starved to death in the mountains.

These days, we can only catch bugs, frogs, etc., and we start to think that we will return in vain, until in the last few days, we find a tribe in a valley that is on the verge of extinction......

It was a camp that had been shrouded in the smell of death, and when we first went there, we found that there was no one, and it was only later that we saw people dying in some tents, including old people...... Have children...... And the young people......

All of them, in one position, starved only with skin and bones, a pair of desperate eyes looking at us, we arrived too late, almost all of them, died of hunger very quickly.

Just as we were about to leave, all of a sudden some of us fell ill, perhaps from drinking the unclean water around that camp, or perhaps from their curse, and our people, many of them, began to vomit and diarrhea, and soon died of a high fever.

In order to take care of our sick companions, we had to decide to stop scouting and return to the wilderness as soon as possible.

Pity...... There are too many people who don't make it to the point of returning......

Speaking of this, the eggplant choked up a little.

Lin Yuan nodded, he instructed the slaves to send the eggplant back to Huadu immediately, prepare enough food and water, and let him rest well.

However, the situation in the mountains made him a little worried......

So it's not just a famine in the mountains...... There was also a plague......

And seriously!

And if these things happen at the same time, will it have something to do with the Jiuli tribe?

Lin Yuan couldn't be sure.

Just when Lin Yuan was about to arrange for personnel to carry out the second wave of reconnaissance, suddenly, a very urgent news came from the mouth of the Shennong clan.

When he heard the news, Lin Yuan couldn't help but be stunned.

The little scout who came galloping up, panting and repeating the phrase over and over again:

"King Yan! King Yan! Big things are wrong! Enemy! The enemy has attacked us! They came from the mouth of the valley! ”