Chapter 10: Survival in the Mountains
The middle-aged military attache is Dong Zhuo's general Jia Xu, at this time the official visited the lieutenant, a few days ago he was still in the Niu Auxiliary Army as an auxiliary army, because there were some things in Luoyang City that needed to be dealt with, Dong Zhuo transferred him to the capital, but he didn't expect that Liu Wei escaped and Li Ru was killed.
"From this point of view, King Hongnong has been deeply hidden since the Ten Constant Servants of the Chaochao Dynasty, and what he wants is nothing more than to regain the throne." Jia Xu bowed slightly, and said to Dong Zhuo: "Yuan Shao of Jizhou, he is already dissatisfied with the abolition of Xiangguo, if King Hongnong is allowed to reach the Tiger Prison Pass, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles in the future." ”
"What should I do?" Dong Zhuo sat with a long body, and asked Jia Xu with a solemn face about the countermeasures.
Jia Xu pondered for a while, bowed down and said to Dong Zhuo: "Outside Luoyang City is Bishan, and the subordinates think that Liu will go straight to Bishan when he comes out of Luoyang." The mountains stretch for miles, and the mountains are high and steep, once you drill into the mountains, and then want to look for it is tantamount to looking for a needle in the sea. Xiang Guo can set up a checkpoint on the path to the Tiger Prison Pass, and he can capture Liu Wei! ”
Dong Zhuo nodded, pondered for a moment, and said to the military attache who first proposed that Liu Bian's escape from the palace might be an internal response: "Li Su, you immediately go and arrange, on the path from Luoyang to the Tiger Prison Pass, set up checkpoints all over the place, once Liu Biao is found, don't ask the reason to kill him on the spot." ”
Sitting side by side with Tang Ji on the hillside full of fallen leaves, Liu Wei turned his head and looked around.
Not far away, a tall tree twenty or thirty meters high appeared in his field of vision. Seeing this big tree, Liu Wei couldn't help but let out a "huh", and the expression on his face was a little more surprised.
It was a large tree with a straight and thick trunk, and most of the trees around it were tall deciduous trees, but this tree was unusually outstanding in the arbor forest, with its tall trunk and umbrella-like canopy sticking out of the forest, making it stand out in this forest.
"Are you thirsty?" Seeing this big tree that was obviously different from other trees, Liu Wei turned his head and asked Tang Ji on the side.
After running all night, Tang Ji naturally felt thirsty, but the two did not bring water when they left the palace, and the gourd filled with water by the night fragrance car driver was also thrown away by Liu Wei after washing his face, knowing that there was no water to drink, in order not to trouble Liu Wei more, she endured it all the way without saying that she was thirsty.
Her throat was already dry as if she was about to smoke, and as soon as Liu Wei asked her if she was thirsty, she nodded subconsciously, stretched out her little tongue and licked her dry and skinny lips.
"Follow me!" Liu Wei stood up, stretched out his hand to pull Tang Ji up, chopped the branches and thorns on the side with a firewood knife, and walked not far until he came to the big tree that was obviously taller than the others.
Standing under the tree, he reached out to uncover a piece of bark, wiped off the floating ash from the trunk of the tree that had been stripped of the bark, picked up the wood knife, and slashed it down on the bare trunk.
The wood knife slashed into the trunk of the tree, and the trunk shot out a stream of sap.
Liu Wei took the firewood knife away, muttered at the trunk of the tree that came out of the water, and said to Tang Ji, "Drink." ”
Tang Ji, who grew up in an official family and later married into the palace, saw a strange tree with a trunk that would come out of the water. She licked her lips and looked at Liu Wei again.
Liu Wei was looking at her with a caring gaze, the gaze was as soft as water, the two just glanced at each other, and Tang Ji felt so uncomfortable that her whole body was warm.
She reached out and flicked back a small lock of hair that hung down her forehead, and then she put her little mouth together where the water came out of the trunk and sucked it.
At first, when she sucked the sap from the trunk, she was cautious and did not dare to drink too much. After taking a few sips, probably thinking that the sap tasted really good, her little mouth was on the trunk of the tree and she sucked it greedily.
"Is it good?" After Tang Ji finished drinking, he raised his sleeve and wiped his mouth, and Liu Wei asked her with a smile.
Tang Ji nodded, and said "um" softly, and when she looked at Liu Wei, her eyes were full of hope and admiration.
Liu Wei was also thirsty, and after Tang Ji drank it, he tilted his head, put his mouth on the trunk, and gulped the juice that came out of the trunk.
The sweet and refreshing juice enters the mouth and instantly relieves thirst. Liu Wei snorted for a while, and it wasn't until he was too addicted that he straightened up and let out a long sigh of satisfaction.
"It's called a cherry tree, and it's also called a southwest birch." Liu Wei, who was full of drink, raised his sleeve and wiped his mouth, and said to Tang Ji: "It can not only drink the sap, but also bear delicious fruits." However, according to common sense, it should only grow in the southwest, so why it can be seen here is a little puzzling. ”
"The husband is really like a god." A pair of eyes full of reverence looked at Liu Wei without blinking, Tang Ji's lips trembled slightly, and she said to him excitedly: "I even recognize such strange trees, and it is really a great blessing for a concubine to be able to follow her husband out of Luoyang." ”
Liu Wei, who has been a special soldier, has become commonplace to survive in the mountains and forests, and he naturally knows a lot about those plants that can help people survive. The southwest birch grows in the plateau area, and likes a warm and humid climate, and it is indeed a bit subversive to find its traces in the northwest mountains.
He also felt a little embarrassed to be praised by Tang Ji like this, so he grinned at Tang Ji, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around her petite body, and drove the way with a firewood knife, returning to the place where they sat down and rested just now.
After sitting down again, Liu Wei found that Tang Ji always wanted to reach out and rub her feet, intentionally or unintentionally.
In fact, Tang Ji had been repeating this action just now, but because of the discovery of this southwest birch at that time, Liu Wei didn't pay much attention to Tang Ji's abnormality. This will quench the thirst of both of them, and Tang Ji's small movements will not escape his eyes again.
"What's wrong with the foot?" When Tang Ji bent down to rub her feet again, Liu Wei frowned slightly and asked her.
"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Liu Wei suddenly asked, Tang Ji was stunned, she quickly shook her head, stammered in reply, but her face became a little red.
Looking at Tang Ji, who lowered his head, as if he wanted to avoid his gaze, Liu Wei owed his buttocks, turned around, and faced Tang Ji's feet. Reaching out to hold one of her feet, he took off her shoes.
When the shoes were taken off, Liu Wei found that Tang Ji's tender little foot had several blisters, and one of the blisters showed a purple-black color.
"Feet are blistered!" Putting Tang Ji's foot down, Liu Wei grabbed her other foot again, and said with a bit of blame in his tone: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" ”
"Don't worry about the husband, the concubine can bear it!" One foot was held in Liu Wei's hand, Tang Ji lowered his head and answered softly, and when his leg bent, he wanted to remove his foot from Liu Wei's hand.
"Don't move!" As soon as she moved, Liu Wei said to her in an unquestionable tone: "Blisters on your feet, even if you can stand it, you won't go far." ”
As he spoke, he reached out and gently twisted the blister skin on Tang Ji's feet with his fingernails, twisted the blisters one by one, and squeezed out the water inside.
"Does it hurt?" While helping Tang Ji squeeze the blister, Liu Wei raised his head and looked at her with concern.
Looking at Liu Wei, who was squeezing the blisters for her, Tang Ji's eyes swelled with tears, and the soybean-sized tears fell on her thighs, making the placket covering her thighs wet. The Liu Biao in front of her was not at all the timid, cowardly, and selfish nature of the royal family that she knew in the past.
The one who squatted in front of her and was twisting the blisters for her was a real man who was responsible, courageous and meticulous.
Thinking that she was this man's wife, Tang Ji's little face turned red again.
"It doesn't hurt!" She replied softly, biting her lower lip, burying her head in her chest, her voice was a little choked, she didn't dare to look at Liu Wei again, for fear that if she looked at it again, her eyes would inevitably stay on his face and not want to move away.
Twisting her face to the side, Tang Ji closed her rippling tears slightly, and let the tears roll down her lushy cheeks, a heart has already been completely captured by Liu Wei, at this time, even if she is asked to die for Liu Wei thousands of times, she will not hesitate.
When twisting the blister for Tang Ji, Liu Wei used the tip of his fingernail to pinch the skin at the top of the blister and gently pinch it, so it was reasonable that Tang Ji did not feel pain.
Twisting all the blisters on Tang Ji's feet, Liu Wei tore off a piece of cloth from the placket, wrapped the strip of cloth tightly around her feet, and then helped her put on her shoes.
After wrapping Tang Ji's feet in strips of cloth, Liu Wei raised his head to look at Tang Ji with teary eyes, a friendly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and asked softly, "What's wrong?" Why are you crying? ”
"Nope." Tang Ji hurriedly raised his sleeves, wiped the tears on his face, pursed his lips and shook his head vigorously.
After walking this way, Tang Ji endured a lot of hardships, Liu Wei thought that she was crying because of her sore feet, stood up and took her hand, and said to her softly: "Stand up and take two steps to try." ”
Standing up with the pull of Liu Bian, Tang Ji, who still had some tears on her face, walked two steps timidly, and sure enough, she didn't feel how much pain her feet felt, she raised her head and looked at Liu Bian with a happy face, and said with a little surprise in her tone: "Husband, I really don't feel any pain at all!" ”
"Because your feet are wrapped in cloth!" Liu Wei smiled and said to Tang Ji: "The cloth wrapped around your feet protects you like skin, so naturally you won't feel much pain, but you have injuries on your feet after all, and you still can't go far." The two of us went a little further up the hill to find an empty place to rest, and then we could get some food. ”
"Hmm!" Tang Ji nodded in response, dragged the rope with both hands, and continued to walk towards the mountain after Liu Wei.
Holding a long wooden stick in one hand and a firewood knife in the other, Liu Wei walked in front and cut a path.