Chapter Eighty-Eight: To the Black Swamp
Xiao Hai was surprised to look at the sleeping bear in Zhaoyu's arms.
Zhaoyu said: "These two bears are called pandas locally, and they eat everything. But I like to eat bamboo the most. Last year, my aunt picked it up in the mountains. Originally, I didn't want to wear it when I went to the Black Swamp, but the two of them ran out by themselves, but Bao'er ran away halfway through the game, so I went to look for it. As a result, when I saw you holding Bao'er, I thought you were stealing Bao'er."
Xiao Hai nodded. There is too much wind in this mountain forest, which causes his perception of external objects to be affected to a certain extent. At that time, Xiaohai didn't realize that there was a big bear and a living person not far away.
It's just that Xiaohai doesn't know that after all, the people in the mountains go up the mountain all year round, whether it is for hunting or to avoid attacks by wild beasts, hiding their whereabouts is originally a housekeeper's ability. It's just that Xiaohai was careless.
Zhaoyu said: "Then I asked Han'er to chase you, but you ran too fast, and I didn't follow." Later, I found out that you were scared away without a head, so I laid a trap in front of me, and then it was gone. ”
Xiaohai said: "Hey, forget it, it's over, besides, you don't want to think about it, why do I have nothing to do stealing a bear, I'm still in a hurry." ”
Zhaoyu: "Bao'er is so cute, many outsiders have gone to the mountains and forests to catch it, you don't look like a good person!"
Xiaohai: "Na, I didn't say anything bad about you from the beginning to the end, and I praised you from the bottom of my heart for being beautiful, you are so insulting! I don't look like a good person, so do you believe that I do something bad people should do?"
Zhaoyu: "What do you want to do?"
Xiaohai: "I, I... Forget it, I'm sorry for you. You will be able to take it with you in your stockade in the future. I've had a lot of women of your age before, and these girls have been abducted and sold to be official prostitutes. You brain, you have been deceived and paid back the number of helpers. ”
Zhaoyu's mouth opened wide in disbelief.
Xiao Hai smiled: "Don't think I'm scaring you, the status of the women in your village seems to be quite high, but it's really not necessarily mysterious outside." ”
Zhaoyu: "You Central Plains people are really strange, why do you always have so many strange ideas." There are few men in our village, and we have to go up to the mountains to collect medicine and hunt. Go out and trade with other stockades and so on. Where is there time to think about the rest. ”
Xiao Hai found two wooden sticks to use as chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and said, "It would be nice if everyone was as busy as your village, so simple." But what if you're rich and don't need to be so busy?"
Zhaoyu: "I don't know, I think my father and mother have been busy since I can remember, and then my father left, and my mother was even busier." If you're not busy, you won't eat. If one day I don't have to be busy, I want to go to Tangmen to see, where people know all kinds of medicinal materials, can configure all kinds of medicinal materials, if I can do it myself, our village can refine medicine by itself in the future, so that you can make a lot of money. ”
Xiao Hai looked at Zhaoyu with admiration.
Zhaoyu suddenly said: "If anyone dares to bully me, I will whip him with my little leather whip!"
Xiao Hai was stunned, and he didn't know whose little bastard was cheaper.
Xiao Hai said: "In that case, I'll accompany you to the Black Swamp, anyway, I'm bored staying here, what if you don't come back." After going to the Black Swamp, I will go back to the village with you to inquire about the way. ”
Zhaoyu hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, the black swamp is very dangerous, there are a lot of poisonous insects and miasma over there, and there are fierce beasts. Many of us have gone in and never come out!"
Xiao Hai was shocked!: "It's so dangerous, what can you do with a little girl!"
Zhao Yu's mouth crooked and said: "I'm also familiar with medicinal herbs, I can find it, and my aunt is sick, I can't pin my hope on others, I must find it myself." ”
Xiao Hai understands her mood very well, if she is changed to Jin Shen'er, not to mention the Longtan Tiger's Den, even if she is far away in the Lingxiao Palace, she will be indomitable.
Xiao Hai said: "You believe me, although I don't know any medicinal materials, but I will definitely not get in the way, you see, am I also good at kung fu?"
As soon as Xiao Hai's fingers moved, the twin swords flew from his waist to his hand. The little girl was startled, then looked at Xiao Hai in surprise and said, "So handsome!"
When Xiao Hai heard this, he quickly leaned his ear forward and asked, "What did you just say? It's too dark in the cave, I didn't hear clearly!"
After the little girl entered the cave, she laughed rarely, Xiao Hai said: "That's right, it's so nice to laugh, let's wait for the rain to stop and go to the Black Swamp, I like to explore the most." ”
After hearing this, the little girl said, "It's okay to take you there, but after you go in, you have to listen to me for everything, and you can't touch anything." ”
Xiaohai said: "There is no problem with this. ”
Zhaoyu said: "There is. ”
Xiao Hai looked at Zhaoyu, and after Zhaoyu finished saying 'and', he didn't speak, as if he was making some important decision, Xiao Hai said, "What else?"
Zhaoyu said: "Forget it, it's nothing, I hope we all return safely." I didn't want to go into that swamp, but I was forced to do it. ”
Xiao Hai said: "Don't worry, you have your expertise, and I have my sword! Let's go and go back quickly, collect medicine, and treat the people in your village, and then I have to hurry." ”
Zhaoyu nodded: "Young Master Yan, I think you are a good person, and a good person must have a good reward." ”
Xiaohai said: "Don't worry, some will be fine." ”
Zhaoyu nodded.
After speaking, Xiaohai looked at the rain outside, which gradually became smaller, and suddenly the bells and whistles snake appeared at the entrance of the cave!
Xiao Hai quickly stood up in fright, and the snake turned his head and ran away when he saw Xiao Hai!
Xiao Haizheng wondered, Zhaoyu said: "It's really strange, Xiao'er is usually not so small, and she is originally a poisonous snake." ”
Xiao Haixin said, you ask me, I ask who to go.
However, Xiao Hai thought about it and said, "This snake, are you afraid of the Xuantie Black Python?"
When the little girl heard this, the flesh in her mouth fell off, and she said, "Aren't you afraid, that's the snake king." ”
Xiao Hai sighed and said, "I said that I have a dress made of black iron python, can you believe it?"
When the little girl heard this, she came to Xiao Hai's side and sniffed it, making Xiao Hai a little embarrassed, Xiao Hai just wanted to take the initiative to get closer, the little girl fanned her nose with her hand and said, "Huh... No wonder you're afraid of you? How did you do that?"
Xiao Haihui remembered the battle that night, and said with a wry smile: "That birth mutilated a person I admired. ”
The little girl saw that this Xiaohai was a little depressed, and said: "That's better, this python has also been around here, but later the people from the Tang Sect came to catch it, and then it became more and more rare." I can't run away if I see people, but fortunately, we have medicine for snakes in our village. This child is a test subject, but she is already obedient and will not make trouble. ”
Xiao Hai looked at the little girl differently, and said in his heart What is your village like, and he is becoming more and more curious. I'd love to check it out.
The little girl looked at Xiaohai looking at herself and said, "Hey, why are you always looking at me, it's very rude." ”
Xiao Hai hurriedly turned his head, and the little girl fluttered out and said, "I don't blame you, blame me for being too beautiful!"
Xiao Haitou didn't turn around and said, "Hey, the rain has stopped!"
Zhaoyu stretched his head and looked out, but he really stopped. Zhaoyu said: "If you want to go, hurry up, we need to rush to the outside of the black swamp before dark, and go in early tomorrow morning!"
Xiaohai didn't talk nonsense, the two of them finished eating and simply cleaned up. Bao'er still had bamboo in her mouth and climbed directly into Xiaohai's arms. Han'er shook her head and let Zhaoyu ride up.
Xiao Hai hugged this heavy little guy and said, "You are also a big bear, can't you walk by yourself!"
Zhaoyu smiled and said, "Ouch, it's rare that Bao'er likes you so much, so what if you just hold him!"
Xiao Hai said aggrievedly: "Shen!"
The two of them and the two bears went deep into the mountains except for the cave.
On the way, Zhaoyu gave him a detailed introduction to the situation in the mountains. This is already Liangshan. The conversation stretched for hundreds of miles. There are also many villages in the mountains. Herbs are produced in the mountains here, and wild beasts are also abundant. The stockade is not subject to the rules of the Central Plains. They are all managed by their own village owners, and from time to time there are conflicts between the villages. If it can't be solved, go back to the imperial court to help.
Most of the villages in the mountains will trade with the Han people, medicinal materials or something. These medicinal materials are mainly taken over by several sects in the Sichuan and Shu regions. Especially the Tang Sect, they buy the most, and the Tang Sect itself will also come here to collect medicine. And they planted their own medicine garden, which is why Zhaoyu wanted to go there to study.
A few days ago, just as Zhaoyu said, a team of people who went to collect medicine were bitten by several colorful centipedes in the deep mountains, and this kind of centipede has never appeared in the mountains, and everyone was at a loss for a while. I happened to meet a master of the Tang Sect who went into the mountains to collect medicine, and knew this poison and said that the purple leaf three poisonous herbs could cure diseases. Of all the villages, only the white-clothed village had ever seen this kind of grass, and this kind of grass was only found in the black swamp.
Three months ago, someone came to the village to buy it, no matter how much money it was. But the owner of the village resolutely disagreed, and some people in the village secretly ran away and never came back. Later, someone mentioned it.
Xiaohai asked, "Why did the colorful centipede suddenly appear?"
Zhaoyu shook his head bitterly and said, "There are a lot of poisonous insects in our mountains, and some of them don't even recognize our old people, so it's not surprising that there are these." ”
Xiao Hai nodded.
The mountains and forests after the rain are exceptionally cold, but the scenery is also exceptionally beautiful. Occasionally, I will pass by a small pond, the yellowing autumn leaves on the edge of the pond, and the crisp bamboo forest in the distance, there is a different scene, the handsome man and the beautiful woman also take two pandas to shuttle between the mountains and forests, quite a kind
The mountain breeze is cool and helps the autumn water,
Qingbo laughs at fish fat,
The empty bamboo wants to rest and flirt with spring,
Biren provokes insects and does not return in winter.