Chapter 428: Far Away

After being on duty with Li Shuchong, Chen Zimei felt a subtle change in her body. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

In addition to being particularly tired in her body, she also found that the immortal aura in her body was particularly active, and it was estimated that she would soon be promoted. Could it be that there is any unexpected gain in "cultivating" in the ice and snow?

No, it shouldn't be the environment. The biggest possibility is that after Li Shuchong absorbed the "Tiger and Wolf Qi" and successfully advanced, he interacted closely with Chen Zimei, which led to her also indirectly benefiting.

Just after discussing hunting tigers and wolves, rewarding good and punishing evil, everyone is ready to disperse. Suddenly, hearing Chen Zimei say this, everyone suddenly became interested: Could it be that this tiger and wolf qi has other unexpected effects besides being used as fertilizer for cultivation?

While the women were envious, they asked: Where is there such a "tiger and wolf atmosphere"?

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On this day, Xiao Feng was boiling tiger tendon and tiger bone plaster in front of the tent, when a Jurchen person hurriedly came over and said, "Brother Xiao, there are more than a dozen Khitans who have given you gifts." ”

Xiao Feng nodded, knowing that it was his righteous brother Yeluji who sent him. All I could hear was the sound of horses' hooves, and a column of horses came slowly, and the horses were loaded with goods.

The captain of the Khitan led by him heard Yeluji talk about Xiao Feng's appearance, and as soon as he saw him, Lao Yuan jumped off the horse, quickly stepped forward, bowed to the ground, and said: "Since the master said goodbye to Uncle Xiao, he has been thinking about it tightly, and ordered the villain room to send a thin gift, and invited Uncle Xiao to go to Shangjing Panhuan. As he spoke, he kowtowed a few times, presented the gift list with both hands, and looked extremely respectful.

Xiao Feng took the gift list and said with a smile: "I'm bothered, please get up!" opened the gift list, and saw that it was Khitan script, so he said: "I can't read, so I don't need to read it." The room said: "This gift is 5,000 taels of gold, 50,000 taels of silver, 1,000 horses of brocade, 1,000 stones of fine wheat, 1,000 fat oxen, 5,000 fat sheep, 3,000 horses, and all kinds of costumes." ”

The more Xiao Feng listened, the more shocked he became, these many gifts were ten times more than the ransom that he asked for that day, he saw more than ten horses carrying goods for the first time, and he already felt that there were too many gifts, if he did what the captain said, he didn't know how many horses and carts would be needed to fit it.

The room bowed and said: "The master is afraid that the cattle will be scattered and lost on the way, so he has prepared an extra 10% of the cattle, sheep and horses." Thanks to the master and Uncle Xiao Hongfu, the villain did not encounter the wind and snow beasts on the way, and the loss of livestock was very small. Xiao Feng sighed: "Brother Yelu thinks so thoughtfully, if I don't accept it, I will inevitably disappoint his kindness, but if I accept it all, how can I get it." The room said: "The master has repeatedly instructed that if Uncle Xiao is polite, the villain will be severely punished when he goes back." ”

Suddenly, the sound of trumpets was heard, and the Jurchens in the camps everywhere rushed with swords, guns, bows and arrows. Someone shouted the order: "The enemy is coming, prepare to meet the enemy." Xiao Feng looked at the place where the horn sounded and saw the dust rising. It seems that countless military horses are marching in this direction.

The room shouted loudly: "Don't be surprised, this is Uncle Xiao's cattle, sheep and horses." He shouted several times in Jurchen words, but the Jurchens did not believe it, and Helib, Polasu, Polasu, Aguta, and others still led the tribesmen and lined up in a procession to the west of the camp.

For the first time, Xiao Feng saw the Jurchens fighting in formation, and thought: "The Jurchens are not many in number, but they are all fierce and agile. Although the Khitan knights under Brother Yelu are also very good, they seem to be inferior to the fierceness of these Jurchens, and as for the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, they are even worse. ”

The room shouted, "I'll go and call my subordinates to hold off on advance, so as not to misunderstand." Then he turned and mounted his horse, and galloped westward. With a wave of his hand, four Jurchen hunters mounted their horses and followed. The five horses slowly moved forward and galloped to a close place, but they saw that the mountains were full of cattle, sheep and horses, and more than 100 Khitans held long poles and shouted and drove them, and there were no soldiers.

The four Jurchens turned around with a smile and bowed to Helibu. After a short time, the cattle came near, and all they could hear was the neighing of the oxen and the neighing of the horses, and even the sound of the people talking was drowned out.

That night, Xiao Feng invited the Jurchen people to kill sheep and cattle to entertain distant guests. The next day, he took out the gold and silver brocade from the gifts and rewarded the group of people who gave the gifts. After the Khitans said goodbye, he transferred all the gold and silver brocades, cattle, sheep and horses to Aguta and asked him to share them with his clansmen. The Jurchens live in clans, and each family has no private property, and one person gets it. It is owned by the same clan, and everyone is not surprised that Xiao Feng is so generous, but they are all happy to get so much wealth for no reason. The whole family feasted for several days, and everyone was grateful to Xiao Feng.

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Li Shuchong roughly analyzed it.

In the world of "Tianlong", there are tigers in the northeast and wolves in the northwest.

Outside the territory of China, the island country is like a wolf, and the rice country is like a tiger!

Can you go outside of China to obtain the "tiger and wolf spirit" and "win glory for the country" by the way?

Li Shuchong had this idea for a long time, but he used to just have more than enough heart but not enough strength. Now it's different, anything is possible.

However, the journey is long and unfamiliar, so careful planning is required.

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Summer went to autumn, and Ah Zi's illness got a little better.

As soon as she was sane, she felt bored when she lay in the camp tent every day to recuperate, and often asked Xiao Feng to take her out to ride a horse to relax, the two rode together, she leaned on Xiao Feng's chest, without spending any effort, Xiao Feng was obedient to her, and in the following months, in addition to the wind and snow, the two were always roaming outside.

Later, he got tired of playing nearby, so he simply brought a tent, camped outside, traveled far and near, and did not return for several days, Xiao Feng took the opportunity to hunt tigers and bears and dig ginseng.

Just because Ah Zi secretly shot a poisonous needle, the black bears and tigers on the side of Changbai Mountain fell into bad luck, and I don't know how many died in Xiao Feng's palm because of this.

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In the past few days, I have been busy comforting the women, and by the way, I am preparing to travel far away.

Li Shuchong was also depressed.

Just because he used a little more strength on Chen Zimei, the wives and concubines were all interested. Where do you get so much "tiger and wolf spirit" now? How can you attack your compatriots in China? There is really no way, the devils of the Japanese country, the soldiers of the rice country, count you unlucky, I don't know how many of them will be "robbed of their souls" if they go here?

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In order to facilitate the digging of ginseng, Xiao Feng went east or north every time.

On this day, Ah Zi said that he had seen the scenery in the east and north, and he wanted to go west. Xiao Feng said: "There is a prairie to the west, and there is no landscape to see. Ah Zi said: "The prairie is also very good, like the sea." I just haven't seen the real sea, although our sea of stars is a sea, after all, there is a side and a shore. ”

Xiao Feng heard her mention the word "Sea of Stars", and his heart sank, he had lived with the Jurchens for the past year, and he had forgotten all kinds of things in the martial arts. Ah Zi can't act, and she can't do anything bad, she just cares about treating her injuries and saving her life, but she didn't expect that after she recovered from her injuries, the malignancy would attack again, but what happened?

He turned his head and looked at Ah Zi, only to see that her snow-white face was still not bloody, her face was slightly sunken, her big eyes were also sunken, her complexion was extremely haggard, and her body was even more skinny. Xiao Feng couldn't help but feel guilty: "She was originally such a lively and lovely little girl, but she beat me half to death and became similar to a skeleton, why do I still only think about her disadvantages?" and immediately smiled: "Since you like to go west, let's go west." Ah Zi, when you are well ill, I will take you to the border of Goryeo to see the real sea, the clear water is vast, and the weather is amazing. ”

Ah Zi clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay, okay, in fact, you don't have to wait for me to get well, we can go." Xiao Feng said "Huh", surprised and delighted, and said, "Ah Zi, your hands can move freely." Ah Zi smiled: "Fourteen or fifteen days ago, my two hands were able to move, and today I am much more flexible." Xiao Feng said happily: "Great! You naughty girl, why do you keep hiding it from me?" A hint of cunning flashed in Ah Zi's eyes, and he smiled: "I'd rather never be able to move, so you accompany me like this every day." When I'm healed, you're going to drive me away again. ”

Xiao Feng listened to her sincerely. Pity arose, and he said, "I'm a rude man, and if I'm not careful, I beat you into this life." What's so good about you being with me every day?"

Ah Zi didn't answer, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, why did you use so much strength that day?

Xiao Feng shook his head and said: "This matter has long passed, why mention it again?Ah Zi, I hurt you, I didn't want to go, do you hate me?" Ah Zi said: "I naturally don't hate." Why do I hate you? I wanted you to be with me, but now you're not with me? I'm so happy. ”

Xiao Feng heard her say this, although he felt that this little girl's thoughts were very strange, but she was really good recently, thinking that she was serving with all her heart, and she had already dissolved a lot of her anger, and immediately went back to prepare horses, vehicles, tents, dry food and other things.

Early the next morning, the two of them headed west. After traveling more than ten miles, Ah Zi asked, "Brother-in-law, have you guessed?" Xiao Feng said: "What did you guess?" Ah Zi said: "I suddenly injured you with a poisonous needle that day, do you know what the reason is?" Xiao Feng shook his head and said, "Your mind is haunted, how can I guess?" Ah Zi sighed and said, "If you can't guess, then you don't have to guess." Brother-in-law, why do you see so many geese flying south in a line?"

Xiao Feng raised his head and saw two teams of geese on the horizon, lined up in a "human" shape, flying southward, and said: "It's getting cold, the geese are afraid of the cold, go to the south to avoid the cold." Ah Zi said: "In the spring, why do they fly back again? Isn't it very hard to come and go every year? If they are afraid of the cold and simply stay in the south, they don't have to come back." ”

Xiao Feng has always been devoted to martial arts, and has never thought about the habits of these birds, beasts, insects and ants, and when she asked her such a question, she couldn't answer it, shook her head and smiled: "I don't know why they are not afraid of hard work, I want to come to these geese born in the north and miss their hometown." ”

Ah Zi nodded and said, "It must be like this." Look at the last goose, the body is not big, but it also flies south. In the future, its father, mother, sister, and brother-in-law will return to the north, and it will naturally follow suit. ”

Xiao Feng heard her say the words "sister, brother-in-law", his heart moved, and he looked at her sideways, but when he saw her looking up at the geese in the sky, it was obvious that this sentence was unintentional, and he thought: "She casually said a word, and she connected me with her biological father and mother, which shows that in her heart, she has regarded me as her dearest relative." I can't just leave her anymore. After she recovers, she must be sent to Dali and handed over to her parents, and the burden on my shoulders will be lifted. ”

The two talked along the way. As soon as Ah Zi got tired, Xiao Feng picked her up from the horse, put her in the car behind, and let her sleep peacefully. In the evening, they camped in the woods. After walking like this for several days, we reached the edge of the savannah.

Ah Zi looked into the distance, the prairie was boundless, very happy, and said: "Let's look west, we can't see the edge." But if it really is like the vast sea, you have to look out to the east, south, west, and northwest to see the edge. Xiao Feng knew that she meant to go deep into the center of the prairie, and he couldn't bear to go against her will. With a wave of the whip, the horse was driven westward.

After traveling west in the prairie for several days, when I really looked around, I couldn't see the end of the prairie. At that time, the autumn was high and refreshing, and it was very pleasant to smell the green smell of the long grass. There are many small beasts in the grass, and Xiao Feng eats as he hunts, carefree.

And he went on for a few more days, and this day at noon. From a distance, I saw countless camp tents erected in front of me, and there were flags and festivals, which seemed to be barracks, and like tribes gathered to live together. Xiao Feng said: "There are a lot of people in front, I don't know what they are doing, let's go back, don't make more trouble." ”

Ah Zi said, "No! I'm going to take a look." I can't move my feet, how can I cause you more trouble?" Xiao Feng smiled and said: "When trouble comes, it is not necessarily you who provoke it, sometimes people will provoke it." You can't avoid it. Ah Zi smiled: "Let's go over and take a look, then it's okay." ”

Xiao Feng knew her child's temper and liked to see the excitement, so he rode slowly away. The grassland is flat, and although the tents have been seen from afar, they are not close to the distance. After walking seven or eight miles, I suddenly heard the sound of a whining horn, and with the dust flying, two columns of horses scattered, one to the north and the other to the south.

Xiao Feng was slightly startled, and said: "It's not good, it's the cavalry of the Khitans!" Ah Zi said: "It's your own people, it's really good, what's wrong?" Xiao Feng said: "I don't know them, let's go back." Turning the horse's head, he turned back from the same way, and without taking a few steps, he heard the sound of drums, and several groups of Khitan cavalry rushed up. Xiao Feng pondered: "There are no enemies in the four corners, are these people practicing the formation?"

I could only hear a loud shout: "Shoot the deer, shoot the deer!" to the west, north, and south, there was a shout of shooting deer. Xiao Feng said: "They are hunting, this momentum is really not small. At that moment, he hugged Ah Zi on the horse's back, strangled the horse, and stood on the east head to look out.

I saw that the Khitan knights were all wearing brocade robes and lined with iron armor. The brocade robe is of all colors, a team of red, a team of green, a team of yellow, a team of purple, the flag and the brocade robe are one color, galloping back and forth, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and it is spectacular. Xiao Feng and Ah Zi secretly applauded. All the soldiers advanced and retreated according to the military order, raised their spears to drive away the elk, and when they saw Xiao Feng and Ah Zi, they only glanced at it and ignored it. Four teams of cavalry surrounded from all sides, surrounding dozens of large deer in the middle. Incidentally, a deer escaped from the gap in the ranks, and a small group came out to chase after it, went around in circles, and forced the deer back.

Xiao Feng was looking at the room, and suddenly heard someone shouting loudly: "Is it Uncle Xiao over there?" Xiao Feng thought to himself: "Who recognizes me?" Turning his head, he saw a gallop out of the green robe team and came straight to the captain's room that Yeluji sent to give gifts a few months ago.

He galloped to more than ten zhang in front of Xiao Feng, and turned over and dismounted. He stepped forward, knelt down on his right knee, and said, "My master is not far ahead." The master often talks about Uncle Xiao, and misses it tightly, what kind of good wind blows Uncle Xiao today? Xiao Feng was also very happy when he heard that Yeluji was nearby, and said: "I just roamed at random, I didn't expect my brother-in-law to be near the left, it couldn't be better, okay, please lead the way, I'll go and meet him." ”

The chamber pursed its lips and two horsemen galloped on horseback. The room said: "Go and report that Uncle Xiao from Changbai Mountain is here!" The two cavalrymen bowed down and received the order and galloped away. The rest of the people continued to shoot deer, but the room led a team of blue-robed cavalry, supporting Xiao Feng and Ah Zi, and headed west.

When Yeluji sent a large number of gold, silver, cattle and sheep, Xiao Feng knew that he must be a great nobleman of the Khitan.

The grassland is ridden back and forth, in an endless stream, all of them are brightly clothed. The room said: "Uncle Xiao is really coincidental today, tomorrow morning, we have a good lively watch here." Xiao Feng glanced at Ah Zi, and when he saw that her face was happy, he asked, "What's the excitement?" The commanders of the Yongchang and Taihe two palace guards are vacant. Our Khitan officers and soldiers show their martial arts, and see which one is lucky to win the command. ”

As soon as Xiao Feng heard the competition, his eyebrows naturally fluttered, his face was high, and he smiled: "That's really a coincidence, just to see the martial arts of the Khitan people." Ah Zi smiled: "Captain, you will show your skills tomorrow, congratulations on winning the leader." The room stuck out his tongue and said, "How can a villain be so bold?" Ah Zi smiled and said: "What's the big deal about winning a leader? As long as my brother-in-law is willing to teach you three or two kung fu, I'm afraid you will be able to win the leader." The room said happily: "Uncle Xiao is willing to point out the villain, and he really can't ask for it." As for the commander or something, the villain doesn't have this blessing, but he doesn't want to. ”

The group talked and talked, and after traveling more than ten miles, they saw a group of cavalry galloping in front. The room said: "It's the Flying Bear Team of the Big Tent Leather Room Army who has arrived." "The officers and men of that group all wore bearskin coats and hats, black bearskin robes, and white bearskin hats, and they looked very mighty. The group of soldiers marched to a nearby place, shouted in unison, dismounted at the same time, separated on both sides, and said: "Welcome Uncle Xiao!" Xiao Feng said: "Don't dare! Don't dare!" Raising his hand and saluting, the Flying Bear Army followed behind.

After traveling more than ten miles, another team of flying tiger soldiers wearing tiger skin clothes and tiger skin hats came to greet them. Xiao Feng said in his heart: "My brother Yelu doesn't know what to do, but he has such pomp. It's just that he didn't say it in the room, and the last time they met, Yeluji resolutely refused to reveal his identity, so Xiao Feng didn't ask.

In the evening, a large tent was reached, and a team of flying leopards wearing leopard skin coats and hats greeted Xiao Feng and Ah Zi into the central tent. Xiao Feng only said that as soon as he entered the tent, he could meet Yeluji, but he didn't know that the felt carpet utensils in the tent were very gorgeous, and the low table was full of dishes and fruits, but there was no owner in the tent. The captain of the Flying Leopard Team said: "The master invites Uncle Xiao to stay here overnight and see you in the future." Xiao Feng didn't ask much, sat on the side, picked up the wine bowl and drank. The four sergeants poured wine and cut the flesh and served respectfully.

The next morning, he got up and walked again, and on this day he walked more than 200 miles westward, and in the evening he rested in a large tent.

At noon on the third day, the room said, "After crossing the hillside in front, we will arrive." Xiao Feng saw that the weather of this mountain was magnificent, and a big river was rushing south from the side of the mountain. The group turned the hillside, and the flags were waving in front of them, and a large grassland was densely covered with camp tents, and thousands of cavalry foot soldiers surrounded a large open space in the middle. The officers and soldiers of the Flying Bear, Flying Tiger, and Flying Leopard teams escorting Xiao Feng took out their horns and blew them with a whine.

Suddenly, the drums sounded, the guns rang out, and the officers and soldiers in the open space parted to the left and right, and a tall yellow horse rushed out, and on the horseback was a bearded man, who was Yeluji. He rode his horse to Xiao Feng and shouted: "Brother Xiao, I miss my brother!" Xiao Feng rode up to meet the general, and the two jumped off the horse at the same time, shaking hands together, both of them were overjoyed.

I could only hear all the soldiers around shouting in unison: "Long live! Long live!"