Chapter 901: Go hunting in the mountains
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"Qi Qi Gongzi Qian, I just received a secret letter from the capital." After speaking, Li Ling handed a sealed reed pipe to Qian Junbao.
Qian Junbao didn't shy away from him, crushed the sealed wax, took out the secret letter directly from the tube, and unfolded it to take a look.
The letter was addressed to Fifth Moche, and after reading it, he casually crumpled the letter paper into a ball at his fingertips.
After a while, Qian Junbao said: "Your general, let you rush back to Beidaying on the outskirts of Beijing tomorrow." ”
"That'...... Security on your end? Li Ling was a little surprised by this news.
"I'll be responsible for it myself, you have military orders, it's more important. It's a shame that you're protecting us and causing you some trouble these days. ”
"This is what the general ordered, and it is what we should do." Li Ling lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him directly.
Although he was one of Mo Ce's personal guards, Qian Junbao was just the son of a small businessman, but after getting along for a long time, somehow, he became more and more respectful to this mysterious Qian Gongzi.
Qian Junbao said with a straight face: "Then after you arrive in Jianzhou tomorrow, you will immediately take your brothers back to Beijing to join Huo Zimeng." ”
Li Ling said politely: "Yes, if you don't have enough guards on your side, Mr. Qian, in fact, I also have some friends in Jianzhou, and I can come over to protect you." ”
The corners of Qian Junbao's lips hooked, and he smiled faintly, "Don't bother, there will be others to protect us."
Now that my wife wants to go hunting, you go and prepare simply, and you won't have to hunt too much prey later. ”
"I'll give it my orders." Li Ling retired.
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In the afternoon, the sky was still blue, with a few cotton clouds floating in the clear blue sky, and the autumn sun shining warmly on the trees.
Occasionally, birds chirped in the trees, and the air seemed to smell unknown flowers.
Ye Qing was holding a cyan slingshot in his hand, his steps were light, and his eyes were wandering around.
Qian Junbao followed behind her, holding nothing in his hand, walking slowly, occasionally looking at Ye Qing.
They walked up the area along the river, and after walking for a while, the river changed into a stream.
At the end of the stream is a mountain wall, and in the distance there is a short waterfall from which the water falls.
The water is clear, with many reeds and crape myrtles on both sides, and the occasional bird flying, so it's quiet without the sound of the waterfall.
However, because of the water source, it is easy to attract some wild animals that come out to drink and feed, and when you are hunting, you can definitely meet a lot of prey if you go into the dense forest along the side of the stream.
Ye Qing waved his hand and smiled: "This is a good place, if it weren't for the fact that the woods are too dense, and the road is not very smooth and there are not many open spaces, in fact, it is not bad for us to have the camp here." ”
The guard Li Ling shook his head and said, "This place is not very good, it is too close to the water source, and it is easy to attract big beasts.
And it's surrounded by forests on three sides, so it's not easy to have too many bonfires. Besides, it is impossible for the carriage to enter. ”
"That's just as well." Ye Qing nodded.
Suddenly, a fat and big rabbit ran by, Qian Duoduo's eyes were quick, and the slingshot in his hand hit at once.
He happily ran to pick up the rabbit and said to Ye Qing: "Young lady, you see that this rabbit is good, how should you eat it later?" ”
"Of course it's baked and eaten? This rabbit is indeed a little fat, it seems that there are a few rabbit-eating beasts in this forest, and there are no natural enemies. Ye Qing glanced at the gray rabbit that weighed at least six or seven pounds and said.
Qian Duoduo threw the rabbit into a small back basket behind him, and said with a bitter face: "I have a little toothache in the past two days, I want to eat stewed rabbit meat, can you do it later?" ”
"We brought a pot, and the stew can be made, but if you have a toothache, don't eat the meat.
Why don't I make some noodles for you to eat later, and then ask Junbao to prescribe you a prescription to clear the heat and relieve pain tomorrow, and you can go to the pharmacy and grab some medicine and cook it. ”
"I can only eat noodles?" Qian Duoduo imagined for a moment that when others were eating fragrant barbecue and eating noodle soup alone, his face became even more bitter.
"Well, I brought out that little bit of noodles.
I wanted you to eat some greens, but I didn't have it. ”
There are more wild vegetables in spring and summer, and there is no way to eat some wild vegetables in this season.
"Oh......" Qian Duoduo was a little disappointed.
Li Ling walked in front and looked around, suddenly stopped, and soon he leaned over to look at the ground again, and the expression on his face became serious.
"What's the matter, Brother Li, what did you find?" A young guard beside him asked.
"Not long ago, a big tiger appeared here!" Li Ling carefully looked at the footprints on the ground and the left and right, before standing up and saying solemnly.
The young guard followed and looked around, "Then the tiger should be far away, right?" ”
Li Ling nodded and shook his head, but there was no too anxious look on his face.
After all, there are several people here, and they are all good at it, so they are not afraid to meet a tiger.
Others also gathered around, and one person rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "It's good to have a tiger, we haven't met a tiger for a long time."
The tiger is full of treasures, and the tiger skin alone is a rare good thing, if it is not sold, after two months of cold weather, the tiger skin will be of great use. ”
Someone else raised his eyebrows and smiled: "If it's a male tiger, it would be the best, hehehe......"
"As far as you kid thinks a lot, even if you catch a male tiger, aren't you afraid of the tigress in your house? Hahaha......"
The man scratched his head, but he was not angry and smiled: "When I go out, where can she care about me." Hehe...... If she was here, I wouldn't have to think about anything else..."
Li Ling also laughed and said: "Look at your fun, don't wait for a big worm to really appear, you guys are running faster than rabbits!" ”
Ye Qing also came over at this time, she only listened to a rough idea, and then said: "No matter whether we will meet the tiger later, you must mention the spirit of the twelve, don't be reckless."
However, the forest is so big, and it is not possible to encounter tigers, so let's consider hunting some prey that we eat at night. ”
Qian Junbao looked at the sky and said, "That's right, wait for the big guy, don't go deep into the forest."
I'll give you an hour, and then whatever you hunt will come and meet here. ”
Everyone agreed, and some took out bows and arrows hanging from their bodies, and others took out knives at their waists to prepare to open the way.
After a while, Ye Qing and his party were divided into two groups, several guards headed to the left, and Li Ling and Qian Duoduo followed Ye Qing and his wife to the right.
In this world where there is no environmental pollution and there is no too dense population, there are still many beasts in the deep mountains and old forests.
Especially near the water source, and the afternoon is also the time for the animals to come out to drink.
It didn't take long for Ye Qing and the others to find a small herd of wild goats, a few roe deer, and traces of wild boars.
Ye Qing didn't want to eat wild boar, and the roe deer meat could be eaten directly as an ingredient, or it could be used as medicine, which was very nourishing.
However, it is not very tasty when grilled, and it is more suitable for stewing or stir-frying.
So Li Ling shot a wild goat that was not big or small, Ye Qing caught a grouse, and Qian Duoduo hit two rabbits again.
Qian Junbao was only a good spectator.
Ye Qing felt that these wild meats were enough to eat, so he shouted: "Okay, it's enough to go out and catch a few more fish later, let's go to the place just now and wait for them first." ”
Li Ling said with some surprise: "I'm leaving so soon, I still want to see if there are deer anywhere."
If there were no deer and I heard that the porch here tastes very good, I would have thought of this place again. ”
Ye Qing said with a smile: "Today is just a casual game and tooth sacrifice, if you want to hunt and play, let's find a time next time." ”
"Oh, then I'll go catch fish." Li Ling glanced at Qian Junbao, and didn't tell Ye Qing that the few of their guards were leaving tomorrow.
"You can catch fish?" Qian Duoduo asked.
"Don't you underestimate people." Li Ling threw the wild goat he was carrying on his shoulder at Qian Duoduo's feet, patted himself, and then walked towards the small pool under the waterfall with a smile.
"Wait, I'm going to catch fish too." Qian Duoduo glanced at Qian Junbao as he spoke, and when he saw him nodding, he chased after Li Ling.
Ye Qing smiled and sighed, bent down to lift the goat on the ground, shook his head and said, "These guys, don't help me get the goat to the water's edge and run." ”
Qian Junbao stepped forward to help Ye Qing, but she stopped him, "I'll come alone, Xianggong, you go nearby to see if there are any wide big leaves or something, and get some over." ”
"Okay." Qian Junbao saw that Ye Qing was carrying a goat like a rabbit so easily, so he didn't help anymore, turned around and seriously looked for the non-toxic big leaf.
Ye Qing put a few prey on the edge of the stream, looked around, and took out a few catties of fresh mushrooms from the space while no one was there.
This is the miscellaneous mushroom I planted last time, because it tastes good and can't sell for many gold coins, Ye Qing left it as a dish to eat.
Originally, I wanted to get a few bamboo shoots out, but I thought about this season, it was a bit strange for fresh bamboo shoots to appear, so I just gave up!
Soon, Ye Qing took out a delicate knife from his waist and squatted by the river to start cleaning up the prey.
After a while, Qian Junbao came over with more than a dozen leaves the size of a fan, and also squatted beside Ye Qing and began to clean them.
"What kind of leaf is this?"
"This is a prickly tree, and the young leaves in spring are edible, and it tastes good."
Ye Qing thought for a while, "Isn't its bark a little poisonous and can be used as medicine?" ”
"Well, it's not bad for cough."
After Qian Junbao finished speaking, he saw Ye Qing put the cleaned mushrooms into the sheep's belly and asked in surprise, "Where did the mushrooms come from?" ”
Ye Qing said casually: "I accidentally saw it over there, and I found that this is a non-poisonous mushroom that can be eaten, so I picked it." ”
Qian Junbao didn't ask again, washed the leaves and controlled the water.
Ye washed his hands, took out a handkerchief pinned to his waist and wiped it, and after standing up, he patted the slightly numb calf that he had just squatted on.
"The meat is all washed, put it on the leaves first, you wait here for me for a while, I'll go and see if there is any bamboo here, get a few of them."
"There are a few of them." Qian Junbao pointed to one place with his right hand.
"I'll come when I go." Ye Qing happily ran over there.
"Be careful, watch for snakes under your feet." Qian Junbao got up and asked.
"Good ......"
He didn't say it, Ye Qing almost forgot that the bamboo bushes by the water were places where some reptiles loved to stay.
After another quarter of an hour, Qian Duoduo and Li Ling both returned, and they caught four or five half-foot-long fish.
Ye Qing took a look and found that the head of the fish was very small, but the body of the fish was quite fat, the scales were shining silver, and there was a line, and he didn't recognize what kind of fish it was after looking at it for a long time.
Li Ling didn't know what kind of fish it was, but said that it was caught in that pool of water, and it shouldn't taste bad.
"Why haven't they come back yet?"
Li Ling looked up at the sky and asked with a frown.
Ye Qingdao: "It should be back soon, right?" ”
"I don't really meet a tiger, do you?" Qian Duoduo said suddenly.
Hearing this, Qian Junbao also frowned and said, "Well, it stands to reason that they should also come back, or you two go to the left and shout to them." ”
"I'll just go alone, you stay." Li Ling said a lot to Qian.
Qian Junbao said: "It's better for you to go together, it's better to do more light work, and when the time comes, you can stand on the tree and see a little farther." ”
At this time, Ye Qing suddenly shouted: "No need, they are back!" ”
Li Ling hurriedly looked at the place Ye Qing was pointing, but at this glance, his brows furrowed even tighter.
The four good guards went hunting, but when they came back, they were all disheveled, some of them were tattered and dirty, and one of them was carried back by someone else, and it looked like he was injured.
Seeing this, Ye Qing and a few people hurriedly walked in front of them, and Ye Qing was the first to ask, "What's wrong?" ”
"Did you really meet a tiger?" Li Ling asked.
One of the four guards, who didn't seem to be injured, shook his head and said with a bitter face: "We didn't meet a tiger, but we met a big black blind man. ”
"Black blind?" Ye Qing was stunned, and quickly reacted, he was talking about a black bear.
In fact, even in ancient times, the number of black bears in this area of Jianzhou was very scarce, because they preferred to live in some mountainous broad-leaved forests and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests in the north.
Many people think that the most dangerous beast in the woods is the tiger, but in fact, the adult big black bear is also very dangerous.
Don't think it's safe if you don't take the initiative to provoke it, the black bear doesn't react when it sees people, it's not to turn around and run.
What's more, these guards estimated that the two months of calm in the mansion had been too long, and they were excited to see the black bear appear.
Not only did he not think about how to get out, but he howled excitedly and took the initiative to provoke, which made the black bear angry and crazy.
And they, who were licking blood from the knife edge, saw such a ferocious animal appearing, and they all wanted to rush up alone to fight the black bear alone, so as to show their strong strength and majesty in front of their companions.
But they forgot that it wasn't on the battlefield, and it wasn't on the hunting grounds they had been to before.
This time, I met a wild black bear that weighed almost 300 pounds and was in a state of madness.
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