Chapter 9: After the Hunt

After sending off the two hunting dogs that delivered the letter, Zhang Erlang and Zhang Sanlang began to prepare dinner. Erlang is a good hand at cooking wild meat, and I saw him deer dismantling, cleanly bleeding, peeling, and decomposing a half-large elk that has not yet fully grown, and placing the internal organs, legs, ribs, and back frame in turn.

First of all, he respectfully placed the heart and liver of the elk on the large stone facing east, saying that it was sacrificed to the gods of heaven and earth. I saw that my good heart and liver were just empty, and my distressed face was green, but I couldn't do anything about them. You must know that the ancient people, especially the ancient working people, were very superstitious, in their minds, the gods of heaven and earth were the heaviest, and even the emperor was just the son of heaven.

Sacrificing good ghosts and gods, Zhang Erlang threw his stomach and intestines to the four hunting dogs, and the four big dogs were very excited, shaking their heads and tails and scrambling, I said that the two sent were not hungry? Zhang Erlang said with a smile, the dog ran fast when he was hungry and anxious to eat; Then, he chops the ribs into small pieces and stews them with dried mushrooms and spices; Then the deer legs were skewered with pine branches, coated with spices, and set up on the bonfire, and the deer legs were roasted.

The fat content of venison is quite low, and when roasted over a campfire, there is almost no oil that seeps out of the skin. Probably in order to avoid the deer leg from burning, Erlang sprinkled water on the deer leg from time to time, the fresher the meat, the faster it cooked, and it took half a quarter of an hour, the fragrance accompanied by water vapor, quickly spread, Erlang cut a piece first, and presented it to me for tasting first.

Chew carefully, I only feel that the venison is as strong as beef, fresh and fragrant as mutton, coupled with Erlang's good craftsmanship, it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and it is really beautiful to eat. I said yes a few times, and then I thought that if someone wants to lose weight at the same time, eating venison is a good choice.

While they were thinking wildly, the hounds who had just finished snatching the deer into the water suddenly became agitated, grinning one by one, and barking in a low voice. These hounds are extremely well-trained, and their IQ level may be considered to be half of the people, and they must mean something when they are restless.

Erlang looked at the posture of the hound, frowned, and said, "King, it's not good, someone is approaching us." ”

Li Dang stood up as if he had been stepped on by his tail, and immediately grabbed the bucket, and with a bang, splashed all the water on the bonfire, and then, Li Dang urged anxiously, "Get up, get up, let's go quickly, it must be the golden man, the golden man is here!" ”

I frowned, and said in my heart, the military generals who dare to love me in the Great Song Dynasty have a nose that is smarter than a dog, and even the smell of the Jin people can be smelled, no wonder the eldest prince of the Jin Kingdom only beat the drum on the opposite bank for one night, and the Yellow River defense line garrisoned by hundreds of thousands of troops fled to nothing.

I said impatiently, "Li Kang, how do you know it's Jin?" In my opinion, we are innocent people of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Li Kang shook his head helplessly and explained, "The hound has the best sense of smell, and if it is also a hunter in the mountain, they can recognize it with Zhang Erlang and San Lang's understanding of this mountain." No such gesture will be made. After saying that, he didn't say anything, and immediately began to push me into the woods, as if you must hide it, the king.

I actually don't believe that I can meet the Jin people in the Taihang Mountains, after all, now the Jin Army's eastern and western armies are besieging Bianliang in Tokyo, how much credit is it to catch the second emperor? No matter how I am, I'm just a prince now, and it's not worth fighting for at all. Besides, this is the depths of Taihang Mountain, Jin Jun is not familiar with the place, how can he run into the deep mountains, how easy it is to get lost. Then again, even if the person who came was not good, it was really Jin Jun, and at most it was an individual secret agent. I am the Prince of the Great Song Dynasty, with the best hunter in the Taihang Mountains by my side, and the others are all strong men at the level of the guards of the Great Interior, if I listen to the wind and rain like this, not only will I make people laugh at it, but I am afraid that even I will look down on myself.

So, I pushed Li Kang and said, "Okay, haven't you already put out the fire?" We're in the shadows now, and there are so many dogs, what is there to hide! But this king wants to see who is coming! After speaking, I looked at the deer legs that were half-roasted and not fully cooked, and couldn't help but say angrily, "The most taboo for barbecue is half-baked, it's over, these deer legs are all destroyed." ”

Li Dang stomped his feet anxiously and said, "The king, the son of a daughter, don't sit in the hall!" ”

I snorted and said, "You said that you don't sit in the hall, I also said that the king guards the society......"

An arrow sounded, and before I could judge what was going on, Zhang Erlang had been dragged behind him, and then, Erlang whistled, and the four hounds that had just been lying on the ground suddenly jumped up one by one, screaming and rushing towards the woods.

"Has anyone been hurt?" Li Dang asked in a low voice on the side.

"It's okay, it's okay," Lin Xuesong gasped and replied, "Fortunately, the bonfire was extinguished, and the arrow hit the ground, right at my feet." Probably, it could really be a golden man! ”

And I, who had been frightened by the arrow just now, was a little out of breath when I was panting, and reacted for a long time, and the first thought was: Why do you only shoot one arrow from the TV series to reality? Isn't it better to fire 10,000 arrows at once? The second thought is more normal - run! Come on! But, how to run?

At this time, I only heard Li Dare say in a low voice, "Let's retreat to the woods in the opposite direction!" Li Ziming, Ershi, you two are pioneers, Erlang, Big Belly, and Little Official, the three of you take big objects as shields, protect the king closely, and follow Li Ziming and them into the woods! I'll cover your retreat with the others! ”

Li Ziming said, "County Lieutenant, I ......"

"Shut up!" Li Dang shouted angrily, "This is the army, you are a soldier!" Understand? Come on! Retreat into the woods! ”

Li Dang's anger not only shocked Li Ziming, but also shocked other people, including me, everyone retreated in an orderly manner according to his arrangement, Zhang Erlang took a big package, Qiu Da belly lifted a pot lid, Lin Xuesong copied the tent stand next to him, and the three of them drove in a trinity, protecting my surroundings, and the group stopped step by step, and retreated one after another.

When I entered the dense forest, I seemed to have finally woken up from the shock, pulled Zhang Erlang, who was holding the lid of the pot, and asked, "If I go back to Cizhou City now, how long will it take?" ”

Erlang said, "It took three days when I came, and now if I don't sleep, it will take almost two days." ”

Li Dang said behind me, "As long as I can go back to Cizhou, I can go for twenty days!" Withdraw, my lord, withdraw. ”

I don't really want to escape, after all, there is no record of the Jin people infiltrating China on a large scale during the Jingkang period in the books I have read in modern times, they are just two iron horses, straight into Bianliang. If I follow Li Kang's intention and flee like this, what is the difference between it and the waste Song generals who have more than 100,000 soldiers to guard the Yellow River crossing, and the Jin soldiers beat the drum on the opposite bank all night and then flee without a trace? I am not willing to be like that. However, just shot an arrow, it is indeed very dangerous, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, I am afraid of death after all, if there is really a large wave of Jin people who love to wander around are traveling in the Taihang Mountains, then what should I do?

I walked all the way, tangled all the way, and Zhang Sanlang, who was behind the palace, was worried about those hounds and kept whistling softly. After about two or three quarters of an hour, the four hounds that had just rushed into the forest to drive each other finally caught up with us, some of them were looking for Erlang to be coquettish, and some were asking for a reward from Sanlang.