Section 22 "One, two, three ......"

Li Yuanzheng pouted with a big buttocks, his mountain-like body was also curled up in a ball, his whole head was attached to the ground, and a pair of big eyes like copper bells were also wide open, stretching out his hands and carefully pulling out a tender grass.

Sweat slid down his swarthy face and dripped quietly on the tender grass, pouring a fresh watermark on the smooth foliage. But he didn't realize it. Wiped a handful of sweat. Trembling, he pinched the tender grass leaves.

These hands are holding the spear, which is naturally invincible on the battlefield, but it is a bit nondescript to do this kind of meticulous work. I saw him clumsily carrying the leaves of this tender grass. He plucked it upward, but the whole grass lay on the ground, and in his hand he only held a fat leaf, which was smooth, broadly ovate, and wavy at the edges. Trembling in the wind.

He seemed to be silently mocking his clumsiness.

He got angry and threw the leaf down and wiped the sweat from his face. Buzzing muttered: "Damn, this thing doesn't have a stem at all, the whole leaf is connected to the root, how can it be pulled?" Isn't this sissy practicing Lao Tzu? ”

Next to him, Zuo Wei had a big face, and he was also indignant: "That's it, this is too difficult to pull out, besides, this thing can really cure the brothers' diseases?" ”

After speaking, he stretched out his right hand and wiped the sweat on his face again, his face was originally a flower. and a lot of dirt, at this time, he grabbed it, and added five new finger prints. It's even more funny than just now.

Li Yuan turned his head and saw his bear-like appearance, although he was sad and wanted to die in his heart, he also laughed.

Zuo Wei looked at him. is also full of swelling and red, and the dirt on the face, red and yellow, coupled with its weird complexion, makes people feel even more hilarious.

Li Yuan suddenly laughed even more happily, Zuo Wei couldn't hold back anymore, and laughed wildly. Two big men are just pointing at each other on a hot day. Squatted down laughing.

In the distance, Tao Ziqian's voice came lazily: "Don't just laugh, you two tickets, have you completed the 100 plants you pulled this afternoon?" ”

The two of them suddenly became bitter gourd faces!

It was now the fourth day after the Battle of Cangqian, and Li Yuan saw that the rout of the Han army had been completed, so he took the remnants of the black-armored elite cavalry and fought a bloody way out of the Southern Barbarian army. In the melee, he saw Tao Ziqian leading dozens of elite guards from the baggage battalion, rushing left and right among the southern barbarians. I saved him too.

Tao Ziqian is the son of Tao Ren, the prime minister of the dynasty, although he is not a warrior himself, but he has brought dozens of warriors to defend himself. Although there are not many masters above the third stage, it is also a lot of combat power. In this way, it just saved his life.

The rain fell for several days, and after the heavy rain, the scorching sun suddenly fell, and in this kind of ghost weather, most of the people in the black armor were northern men, and the plague was inevitably spreading.

And yesterday, several black-armored warriors passed away. Li Yuan's heart suddenly felt like a knife. These brothers are all invincible black-armored elite horsemen who follow themselves across the northern frontier. They are all warriors. But this time the southern expedition. However, most of them have been lost, and the number of people left is less than 5,000.

The grass they are pulling out now is called "plantain", and Li Yuan doesn't know whether this thing is useful or not.

It was Tao Ziqian who asked them to pull it out. This sissy is known as "Little Tao Xiang" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and she knows more about nature than Lao Tzu, so what he said should be right.

Despite this, Li Yuan still turned around, pointed to the distance, and asked uncertainly: "Hey, you sissy, don't just be lazy there, are you sure this thing can really save your brother who is already sick?" ”

Tao Ziqian was squatting under a large tree with dense foliage on the side of the road, with a watermelon next to him. The watermelon has split in half, revealing the bright red flesh inside. He slowly picked up half of them, took a bite of them beautifully, and replied lazily: "Don't underestimate this thing, take it internally, use it externally, or even use it as a wild vegetable." This thing, the seedlings at the beginning of spring, the leaves are like spoon noodles, the old ones are long and more than a foot, such as rat tails, the flowers are very thin, and the blue is slightly red; Firm as a leaflet, red and black......"

Li Yuan hurriedly interrupted the other party's words, and said impatiently: "Don't just write crepe there, is it useful or not?" Can it really deal with the plague? After speaking, he raised the blade of grass in his hand.

Tao Ziqian glanced at him, and seemed to hate the other party for interrupting his speech. After a pause, he took a bite of watermelon, and shook his head like a playful head: "This grass can be seen all over the country." Especially in the south, it is warm-loving. It is mainly used for the treatment of gold sores, hemostasis, nose, bruising, blood fistula, bleeding, and red urine. Stop annoyance, breathe, get rid of small insects ......"

Li Yuan felt that his head was getting bigger, looking at his appearance, the gushing posture, it seemed that he still had recited the origin of this grass, the ancestors of the eight generations, and hurriedly interrupted him: "Okay, okay, let's talk about it later, let's go and see how the other brothers are doing." ”

After speaking, he pulled up Zuo Wei, who was also stunned next to him, and ran away.

In the distance, thousands of black-armored soldiers were busy among the ridges. Digging in full swing.

Tao Ziqian stomped his feet behind and shouted: "Hey, you black carbon, you bet with me, without a knife." This afternoon, we pulled out a hundred plantains, but we gambled on a jar of mangosteen fruit wine, do you want to pay the bill? ”

But Li Yuan had already pulled Zuo Wei and ran away.

Tao Ziqian had to stand up indignantly, and smashed the leftover piece of watermelon to the ground, and the watermelon was immediately smashed to pieces, the red is the flesh, and the black is the seed. In a radial shape, the peel flew out of the distance, still dripping and spinning on the ground.

Next to the peel, it was the plantain that Li Yuan had plucked just now, and there was a leaf left. Stick it on the ground.

Crooked.

He walked over in a few steps, skillfully pinched the bottom of the grass, pulled it out lightly, and muttered in his mouth: "A barbarian is a barbarian, he can only use brute force, pull out such a grass, is it so laborious?" ”

……

Their current station is in a village on the side of the road, which is only a few dozen families, and although most of the people have fled their hometowns due to the war, they cannot accommodate so many thousand. Fortunately, everyone is also used to eating and sleeping in the open, except for the sick brother and Tao Ziqian, dozens of people are crammed into a room and still sleep peacefully. At least, it's much better than eating out and sleeping in the open, isn't it?

Li Yuan and Tao Ziqian sat silently in the dam, looking at the bright moon in the sky, between the two, the altar of mangosteen fruit wine had been opened, and the whole air was filled with an intoxicating aroma of wine.

The sound of frogs came from afar. In the air, the aroma of wine is accompanied by an intoxicating smell of grass.

It's very idyllic.

Li Yuan said to Tao Ziqian with a painful expression: "Do you really have to do this?" ”

Tao Ziqian picked up the jar slowly, poured a bowl of wine, and then took a beautiful sip, and sighed softly: "Yes, it must be done." Only in this way can we have a little more life. ”

This bowl is very rough, and the rough bowl fired in the earthen kiln in the countryside of the farmer is naturally not as good as the palace bowl rewarded in the palace. The rough edge of the bowl scraped against his mouth, astringent and rough, and he frowned. I couldn't help but look up at the bright moon in the sky and feel nostalgic for the beauty of Kyoto.

I don't know how my father is now?

Looking at Li Yuan, who was sitting opposite with a sad face, a grotesque feeling suddenly arose in his heart. I kind of want to laugh. The one who launched the coup d'état this time was the uncle of the black carbon head opposite, Taiwei Li Tie. And his father may have been killed by the other party, right? And now, he is staying under the bright moon in a foreign country with the nephew of the enemy, discussing how to go back.

Li Yuan didn't notice the strangeness of Tao Ziqian's face.

At this time, he raised his head and smiled wryly: "It's also thanks to your sissy that you can say it, do you know?" The wine you're drinking now, as well as this bowl, are all provided. Now you're telling me to burn all the food in the village. It's a bit ...... to do."

Tao Ziqian pursed his lips and put down the wine bowl, although this wine is good, it is far worse than the fine wine he treasured in Kyoto.

He said slowly: "It was already sunny yesterday, and it has been raining heavily for several days. Although we have limited mobility, it is even more inconvenient for the other party to track us. But when the weather is clear, the other party will soon catch up. We can only do our best to muddy this area. Causing a large number of refugees, making the southern barbarians exhausted and distracting each other. That's one more chance of winning. ”

Speaking of this, seeing that Li Yuan was still hesitant, he slowly spoke: "This is all secondary, in fact, the most important thing is that I have nothing to deal with these Southern Barbarian Han people." In the hurry, he didn't take much of the old book of the baggage camp, only a little gold and silver with him, and in the past two days, he had already used it up. If you don't rob it, you have thousands of brothers a day, and people eat what horses chew, who will provide it? ”

Li Yuan's face changed, and he said bitterly: "Okay, that's the only way to do it." However, the north is now blocked, and the northwest is forested. How do we go back? ”

Tao Ziqian smiled: "Let's go west, if you go south, it's Xinhe, Rene, let's just look for death, if you go northwest, it's a forest, if you go in, your cavalry will also die, survival is a problem, only go west to try your luck." ”

Li Yuan opened a pair of big eyes: "Go west, isn't that going farther and farther?" What if I can't find my way back? ”

Tao Ziqian stood up, patted the dust on his body, and spread his hands: "Cold salad, then occupy the mountain as the king, anyway, you have decided to grab it in the Southern Barbarian Country now." Why don't you stay in Nanban and become a 'Southern Whirlwind'. ”

The moonlight shone on his head, and his back and hair seemed to be plated with a layer of bright silver. The entire face was shrouded in shadows, and it was impossible to see the specific expression.

Li Yuan stared at him, choked, and couldn't speak for a long time.