Chapter 2 The night is dark and the wind is high

The dozen or so monkeys may have been full of food, and with the embellishment of some nuts and snacks, they didn't look at Zhao Ye's backpack again. But they all gathered around him, looking at Zhao Ye who was so curious. Until Zhao Ye "snapped" and lit the withered grass with a "bang", with the rapid burning of the withered grass, the original small cluster of flames "whirred" turned into a giant flame. Frightened, a dozen or so monkeys snorted and all jumped onto the branches. Watching the flames squeak in horror as they grew larger. There is no arrogance at all when Zhao Ye first arrived.

The keen sense of the animal and the human being are only sighing, and it can be seen from their expressions that they are deeply afraid of the flame. Human beings only think that they have control of him and can make good use of it, but many times, they forget its horror, and there are not uncommon monstrous fires, how many lives have been engulfed, how many assets have been destroyed, and human beings still cannot learn from it, and more powerful and terrifying things have been produced.

Therefore, compared to animals and plants, human beings have a much shorter cycle than them, so to speak, human beings manipulate the world and manipulate it towards destruction.

However, these have little to do with the current Zhao Ye, at least the monkey was so frightened by the sudden burst of flames that he squatted on the tree and didn't dare to approach. By this time, the surroundings had fallen silent, and the occasional roar of wild beasts broke the silence of the night. Zhao Ye didn't even have mosquitoes around him.

Smelling the smell on his body, Zhao Ye smiled dumbly, could it be that even mosquitoes don't like this smell. Looking up at the sky, the moon is dark, but the starlight is incomparably bright, and the whole starry sky is like a small light bulb full of flashing lights, beautiful, distant, and there is an indescribable awe.

After adding more than a dozen pieces of raw firewood, the smoke was rolling, Zhao Ye looked at the intensity of the smoke and knew that after the dozen or so pieces of wood were burned, the sky should already be bright. So, I added some collected insect repellent branches to it, pulled the tent, and just lay down, tired and sleepy, snoring like thunder for a while.

The forest is unusually noisy in the early morning, and a dozen or so monkeys on the ginkgo trees break the silence of the surroundings at dawn. By the way, Zhao Ye's dream was also broken.

dragged the lazy body, climbed out of the tent, the sun has not yet risen, but the sky has been completely brightened, this is the time when the fog is the thickest, as far as the eye can see, the mountains and forests are shrouded in a layer of white clouds, revealing a few black mountains, like a few lonely islands in the sea.

At the bottom of the fog, there may be a gathering place for human beings, Zhao Ye stood up and moved his body, I don't know if it was the reason why this mountain forest was suitable for self-cultivation and recuperation, or yesterday's combination of Chinese and Western medicinal materials played a role. The small wounds on his body have been completely scarred, and even the inflamed wounds on his belly have begun to swell, although it will still affect his movements, but he does not have the hot and stinging feeling of yesterday.

In another hour or two, as the sun rises, the fog in the forest will dissipate in a short time. Although the forest is slightly cool at this time, in the afternoon, although the dense vegetation can block the sun, once the heat passes through the woods, it forms a hot steamer, and the physical strength consumed is naturally much more than that consumed in the morning.

After packing up his stalls, Zhao Ye took out another bag of nuts from his backpack and distributed them to the monkeys, as a reward for the kindness of the night, and he was also grateful that the noisy monkeys did not come to harass him all night and let him sleep well.

Farewell to the monkey, Zhao Ye walked down the stream deep and shallow, and the thick dead branches and leaves on the forest saved Zhao Ye's life, but at this moment, it was like a quagmire after a rainstorm, and he stepped on it and covered his entire ankle.

Zhao Ye prayed not to step into the hunter's trap of bullshit, in case he stepped on the trap set by the hunter. Don't talk about that kind of trap hole, even if you are caught by a wild boar, Zhao Ye doesn't expect to be able to get out of this forest.

Along the way, the stream gradually converged into a small river, and the gurgling stream began to flow.

The gathering place of human beings has always been built on water, and from the origin of human beings to today, the emergence of civilization has always been inseparable from water sources. Looking at the small river that converged into a stream, and the clear spring water flowed loudly, Zhao Ye suddenly lost his life.

I don't know how long it took to shuttle through the dense forest, and finally when the river became about three zhang wide, Zhao Ye looked up and saw more than a dozen puffs of green smoke rising from the south of a mountain peak in the distance.

If there is smoke, there must be someone, Zhao Ye raised his hand to look at the time, it was already ten noon, and he didn't feel hungry in his stomach first. Now when I see the crowds, my mood is fixed, and my stomach is like thunder for a while, and I estimate the time, but I haven't eaten anything for a day.

Zhao Ye often snorts at many contemporary habits that are too civilized, but he has a soft spot for washing his hands before and after meals. Looking for a place where the water flow is calm, the clarity of this river is a bit unusual, completely beyond Zhao Ye's cognition. The clear river water is like a mirror, reflecting Zhao Ye's immature face.

No one doesn't want to go back to their youth, especially when Zhao Yekong lived to be thirty years old, when he saw a young face on the water, it was still like a ghost.

The green face is as smooth as a mirror, and there is no trace of beard. The black hair is shoulder-length, if you don't look closely, Zhao Ye at this time is like a young girl. Duansheng is beautiful.

Removing the dirt on his face, Zhao Ye shined more and more. Zhao Ye desperately recalled his youthful appearance, and still felt that it was not as good as the reflection in front of him.

I re-examined my body with a blank face, only to realize that the clothes became bigger and not all the way through the thorns, no wonder the belt couldn't reach the waist through the last hole. Sadly, Zhao Ye opened his backpack and couldn't find a set of clothes that could be close to him.

Looking around in confusion, the green water flows for a long time, straight into the distance, but I don't know where it leads.

I ate the last food in the bag, but I still wasn't full. According to the current body, a distance that usually takes two steps to reach, and with Zhao Ye's eyes, I am afraid that he will not find a place to live until late at night.

It's just that now it's getting smaller, what about the times? In this regard, he was full of doubts, and he wished that a pedestrian would appear on the road so that he could ask what was going on.

The sea of forests is blank, the weeds are growing by the river, where is there a trace of humanistic atmosphere?

The road still has to be walked on his feet, Zhao Ye rested for a while, recovered some strength, and dragged his disproportionate shoes down the river.

Wangshan ran a dead horse, although the summer daylight was long, but when night fell, Zhao Ye still did not find people.

Night fell quickly, and after the last rays of sunlight fell on the horizon, the night swept in. The night was not suitable for hurrying, so Zhao Ye had to set up a tent and seize the time to rest.

It is easy to fall asleep when tired, especially when the body is still around eight or nine years old, and it is easier to fall asleep and not be able to move.

There was a path not far from the river, and at ten o'clock in the evening, suddenly a group of people walked quickly. In the darkness of the night, the torches flickered and flickered. The silence of the night was broken by the sound of chaotic footsteps.

"You will take King Chen Liuwang along the river, and I will follow Your Majesty to the north, and after escaping from the pursuers, the north will converge." The voice of the speaker was very urgent.

"No!" With that, a thin man pulled out an eight- or nine-year-old child from the crowd. Look at the child, there is no fear on his face. He looked at a gorgeously dressed young man beside him and said, "Brother doesn't walk with the imperial brother, take care of your brother." ”

This is a refugee, Yan flew north and south, only going east and west. The young man's face turned pale, and he turned a deaf ear to what the little boy said, and only urged vigorously: "Write and leave, don't let the rebels catch up." ”

The boy stopped talking, and the thin man plunged headlong into the thorns and headed straight for the river, and the young man only glanced at the boy's back in a hurry. Under the support of a large group of people, they headed north.

An adult took a child on a walk for a while, and went up the river path. The little boy touched his chest and stopped:

"Oh no, Fang just took refuge, but he brought the imperial brother's jade seal with him. Zhang Jin, take me to chase the imperial brother quickly, if this heirloom jade seal is lost by me, then I will not be able to face the imperial brother in the future, let alone the ancestors of the Han family. ”

The man in front of him stopped, looked up, and saw that a group of people in the distance had already walked away, and said:

"King Chen, Your Majesty has gone far away, this time I will catch up again, if I can't catch up, I am afraid that I will still encounter rebels, we should hurry as soon as possible and meet Your Majesty in Beibi Mountain as soon as possible."

The little boy thought for a moment, looked at the distant fire dragon, and sighed: "It seems that this is the only way." ”

The two walked for a while, and the little boy was afraid of losing the jade seal, so he was careful all the way. And Zhang Jin, the more he goes, the more he thinks, the more he becomes active.

"Now that the emperor star is dim, I am afraid that the Han Dynasty will not be guaranteed, as the old saying goes, the jade seal will win the world, if the jade seal of the country is in hand, the status above the ten thousand people." At the moment, the more I think about it, the more I can't help but feel the urge to grab the jade seal.

"King Chen, this jade seal is on you, I'm afraid it can't be preserved, let the old slave keep it safely, and when you see Your Majesty, King Chen will present it to Your Majesty."

Although Liu Xie is young, he has been smart since he was a child, and when he saw Zhang Jin suddenly say this, he immediately became vigilant.

"You are a little chamberlain, not a palm print attendant, how can the jade seal of the country be placed on you." When he spoke, he was not angry, but there was a bit of royal majesty.

It's just that the night is dark and the wind is high, and it is the time to kill people and seize treasures, and the greed of human nature is infinitely magnified under the cover of darkness.