Chapter 60 92. Black cracking
The team of 30 people rested, ate something, and continued to walk for a while, before dark, they found a special place to stay, Xu Fu got out of the car, and looked into the distance, which was a flat turf in the mountains. It's very expansive, and it's rare. There are no houses around, and there seems to be no sign of anyone living there. There is a herd of deer grazing quietly. When I heard the sound of carriages and horses, I seemed to see a monster and fled in all directions.
"Let's camp here." Xu Fu ordered.
The black bandit waved his hand again and again, as if to tell Xu Fu and them not to stay here. As he spoke, he also started to move his hands, leading horses, driving cars, and pushing people. In a hurry.
Wu said: "My lord, this child seems to be very worried about our safety. Along the way, he showed us a lot of directions. I'm afraid he should be trusted. ”
"The brigade is up." Xu Fu greeted everyone.
Along the way, thanks to the Wu family's ancestral Hundred Smelling Spirits, there were many people when they came, and there are still many people now. Except for the little bandits, everyone else came from Guanzhong. Pyrogenol can relieve dampness and heat, lower yin and raise yang. It gives the body a feeling of feeling refreshed at all times. In addition, before leaving, the emperor had ordered the historians in the palace to sort out all kinds of guides for living in Baiyue. Most of the guides are, first-hand accounts of the warriors who returned from the battle of Baiyue. What to do if you encounter a blood-sucking worm. How to tell if you are about to hit a swamp. What to do if you fall into a swamp. Beasts, wild men. The most important thing is the distance and direction of the trip. If these guides survive, they would be the world's first and most important guides to wilderness exploration in South China. A volume of bamboo slips filled an ox cart. Xu Fu memorized them all.
Before leaving, Xu Fu gave himself a hanging. It's simple, but it's also a hard hanging. The hexagram is: Kanglong has regrets, don't use the hidden dragon. Xu Fu's judgment is that he must be cautious along the way, no matter what kind of situation he encounters, he must not trade in, and he would rather retreat than rush in.
They had just left the green turf, which was about 200 acres long. And the earth cracked. Black cracks have grown on the turf. A kind of crack that has been stretching and stretching. It seems to be the form such as the branch of the plum. It's just getting thicker and thicker. Silently, and looking forward to it, this large cracked black gap seems to have been catalyzed by something. It's been growing and stretching, as if I'm afraid that someone will know some tricks. Sneaky. It's like a big crack, and you want to swallow something into it. A feeling of hunger.
The position of Xu Fu and his party at this time was on the top of a high mountain. Because there's only one way. The little bandit seems to mean that he can go anywhere except that plain. But except for the great plain, everything else is high and steep. They were out of breath. Sweat flows like water. Before Xu Fu came here, he was ready to see many things that he had never seen in his life. However, this abnormal feeling of the earth cracking. Or give him a strong feeling of discomfort. But he couldn't tell what was wrong.
"How could the earth crack in such a way?" Xu Fu was talking to himself. But he was heard clearly by the Wu family beside him. "Look, look, sir. He changed again. Xu Fu looked at it, only to find that the big black gap had faded little by little. It doesn't feel closed. It's the lines that are fading. I was painting with ink, and the ink was disappearing little by little. Xu Fu looked at the little bandit, and there was no surprise on his face. It must not have been the first time he had seen something like this.
"What is this?" Xu Fu walked up to the bandit. Pointing to the earth, he made an inquiring expression. The little bandit was busy, as if he was dancing. The bandit first made a two-arm stroke. Make another squat, followed by a large upward jump. Then lie straight on the ground. Motionless. The last thing is to stand up. Make an expression that seems to mean, "Do you understand?" If I don't understand it, there's nothing I can do. ”
Xu Fu asked the Wu family beside him: "Do you think we can find a person in this place who can understand children's words and understand Guanzhong dialect." ”
"Once upon a time, there were many rare products here, mushrooms that were bigger than a person. The fragrance of tea leaves. There will be folk people who take it to Guanzhong to sell, and there are also small tribal leaders who learn Guanzhong dialect when they pay tribute to the emperor. The dialect of Guanzhong is not difficult to understand, but the difficult to understand is the local dialect here, I have heard that there used to be hundreds of tribes here. Some tribes are no more than a mountain apart, and they still can't understand what each other is saying. "What tribe is this little bandit?" "I can't see it at all." "Have you ever seen a mushroom that is one person tall?" "Hmm." Xu Fu looked at Wu and nodded very seriously. I could feel as if she was telling a lie seriously.
"If you haven't seen it, you haven't seen it, you can't say something true, and I won't dislike you because you haven't seen a big mushroom."
"What do you mean by that? I've seen a big, big mushroom. But I've heard that it's toxic. "Poison or tribute?"
"I heard they just wanted to show it to the emperor. The emperor won't eat it at all. I've also heard that it takes 300 years for a large mushroom to grow one person tall. But strangely, the big mushrooms wilted and shrank halfway through the journey, and some even turned into a puff of smoke and drifted away. The most bizarre legend is that no more than three people can see the big mushroom with their own eyes, otherwise, he will become smaller. So, what I've seen and what I've not seen are the same thing. I think. "Over this mountain. The black bandit rushed all the way down. It seems that he led them home. It was brightly lit. It's very popular. In the middle are thatched-roof houses where people live. The house is surrounded by farmland. Puffs of smoke reached the nostrils. This is the most beautiful breath in the world. The locals look at their clothes and listen to them say a word or two about Guanzhong. Listening to the little bandit muttering something else. I probably understood what they meant.
The mistress of the largest room touched the child's head. He ran for a day, but he still ran out again, as if he had inexhaustible energy. The only men and women in the house were left in animal skins. They innocently smiled at Xu Fu and Wu. Laughed all the time, laughed for a long time.
After a long time, a man came in with a straight face, also with his hair scattered. I don't want people to get approached. What is rare is that he is the first person in such a long time to speak Guanzhong.
"What are you doing here? The King of Qin has been conquering us for many years, and we have not been able to live in peace. The rhythm of nature is also disrupted. Not only did you kill a lot of people, but you also killed a lot of animals to eat. You won't let go of even the pregnant fawn. Now the evil gods of the earth are disturbed by you. It's going to come and devour some people for years. I don't want to see you, so you better go back. The man finished what he wanted to say, turned and left.
"Don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go. We have come here with no malice. No one or animals were harmed along the way. Even him (Wu refers to the little bandit), we didn't hurt us at all. I, the Wu family, was originally from the border land of Baiyue, and I also have a little understanding of the land of Baiyue. So, I hope you can know that we don't mean anything to hurt you. "So what are you doing here?" It's not a conquest, it's not an occupation, what's the point of you being here? "We're here looking for medicine." "What medicine?" "The elixir of life." "It's ridiculous. Do you think we have anyone here who can achieve immortality? "You can't make this medicine, but I can. I've already worked out several recipes with the rare herbs you've paid tribute to. It's almost successful. ”
"This medicine is for the emperor?" "Well, it's for the emperor." "I don't want to help you. You'd better keep going south. There are a lot of weirder things out there. "If you go all the way to the south, there is the sea, there is nothing, the township party, you and I have no grievances, why bother us like this, people who come from thousands of miles away." Wu began to get a little angry. The elite soldiers responsible for protecting Xu Fu have already begun to contract the muscles in the core. As long as Xu Fu gives an order, the one who draws the sword draws the sword, and the one who holds the knife will take the sword.
Thanks to a strict legal system implemented by Shang Ying in more than ten years. Xu Fu unhurriedly took out a stack of bamboo slips. It was also a jade medal issued to him by the emperor, the jade medal was a cylinder, engraved with small runes, which roughly meant: "I personally taught the magician Xu Fu to lead people to the precious land to discuss the secret refining law of immortal elixir." Assist the people. If the people disobey the order, they will be killed. ”
"You Guanzhong people are the most annoying about this." The man continued.
(End of chapter)