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The two wolves left, and the two continued on their way.
After identifying the direction, Sima Wenzhi recalled the guidance of his father-in-law last night and determined that this place was less than an hour's walk from the village.
Therefore, the two no longer cook the morning food, the village is in front of them, and there is no need to rely on plants and trees to satisfy their hunger.
Not long after moving forward, Sima Wenzhi noticed movement behind him and turned around to check. The she-wolf, who had retreated before, was running towards the two, and now it was fully recovered, and there was no stumbling in its steps.
Soon, the she-wolf overtook Sima Wenzhi and stopped in front of him, and at the same time put down what she was holding in her mouth, which was a hare.
General Gao was greatly surprised, and Sima Wenzhi was greatly relieved, did not refuse, and picked up the hare from the ground.
Knowing the kindness, the she-wolf sent the true feelings, and Sima asked for peace of mind. Beasts are seldom pretentious, and if they don't accept it, the she-wolf won't let him leave easily.
But after Sima Wenzhi accepted the gift, the she-wolf did not retreat, and still squatted in place, blocking the way of the two.
"It's not life-threatening, and it will heal itself in time. ”
Sima asked, thinking that it was still asking for help, and opened his mouth to explain. Beasts are much stronger than humans, and although the front paws of the giant wolf have been exposed, there is no fear of life, and it will recover freely in time.
When the she-wolf heard this, she was indifferent.
"Uncle Go, let's go. Seeing that it did not respond, Sima asked General Gao to bypass it and continue to move forward.
After walking only a dozen steps, the she-wolf caught up again, squatting in front of the two again, blocking the way. Sima asked helplessly, and bypassed again and continued to move forward.
It didn't take long for the she-wolf to stop her for the third time. After stopping the two, a threatening sound began to come out of their mouths. After the intimidation sound, he opened his mouth to bite the corner of Sima Wenzhi's sleeve shirt and dragged him back to the road.
Sima was puzzled, and General Gao was thoughtful.
"Childe, wait a minute, let me take a look. As he spoke, General Gao drew his waist knife and pressed it against the ground, moving forward slowly.
More than 30 zhang later, the tip of the knife fell, piercing the road. General Gao drew his knife back, cut through the thorns and weeds, and saw that there was not a mountain road ahead, but a deep ravine.
When General Gao chopped down the thorns, Sima Wenzhi also came to the edge of the ravine. He won't be wrong about what the old man said last night, and now he recalls it, most of it is the problem of the old man himself.
But he didn't know where he was wrong.
Yesterday night, by the moonlight, he deliberately checked, and there was a shadow beside the old man, and he was not a ghost. If it's not a ghost, it could be a monster.
Sima Wenzhi's second pulse was not dredged, and the aura could not be separated from the body, and the aura could not be extended to investigate. However, after a few days of inducing spirits into his body, he could already perceive the changes in the aura around him.
The shallow demons transform into human forms, and most of them use the aura to block people's ears and eyes, giving people illusions. The cultivation of the monster is not high, and it will not be unnoticed by him when it attracts the aura.
In addition, he didn't think that last night's old man was transformed into a demon. If a demon with advanced cultivation wants to harm him, he doesn't have to go through so much trouble.
No matter what the problem was, he was glad in his heart at the moment.
In Sima Wen's heart, what a gentleman does is the way. It is a gentleman's work to rescue the giant wolf, it is his effort, don't be good and small, turn into a ghost, and be a human being.
Sima Wen's heart was full of remorse, and the taste of being calculated by others was not pleasant, and it was even more uncomfortable twice in a row.
General Gao scolded and scolded in his mouth, and he was very resentful.
Most of the low-level generals are straightforward, with little strategy and carefulness, and they are not considered in one place, and the two of them almost become dead souls.
As the hour passed, there was smoke in the distance, and it was the peasants in the village who were cooking morning food.
Instead of looking for shortcuts, they chose a path that was not covered with weeds and walked in the direction where the smoke rose. What was supposed to be one hour of footsteps has become three hours. Unable to hurry, they stopped to cook food in the middle of the journey.
The hare that the she-wolf gave to the two of them, Sima asked if he didn't let General Gao cook it.
The two of them could not afford to travel, not only because they did not have enough to eat, but also because they had not eaten salt for several days. At this moment, the people are living in hardship, and meat is precious, and this hare can be exchanged for salt in addition to some daily necessities.
After a while, the two finally saw the village. The village is large, vaguely on the scale of a market town.
When they saw the village, the two did not enter directly.
This place is the territory of the Jin State, the Jin State government is controlled by Liu Yu, the Duke of Song, here is slightly more prosperous than other places, I don't know if there is a chasing soldier of the Duke of Song in the village.
This time, there was no request or refusal, and both of them agreed that it would be more appropriate for Sima to check before asking. The people's strength is withering, and most of the people do not have enough to eat, resulting in a small body size. General Gao was tall, and he went to the south.
As soon as he entered the village, Sima Wenzhi was on the wall of the mountain temple and saw a notice that the two were wanted.
The word wanted is not accurate, in the notice, General Gao is an anti-thief, and he is the son of the Jin State who was kidnapped by the anti-thief.
If you look closely, the description of General Gao in the notice is like a demon, and everyone will be punished.
The reward for destroying the demons was very rich, a hundred taels of silver. One or two is a thousand texts, and tens of thousands of coins are enough for ordinary people to spend for several years. It seems that there will be brave men under the heavy reward, which seems to be reasonable.
Further inside, there are also signs posted on the walls of the farmhouse. The winter in Shu is wet and cold, and the notices have been posted for some time, and most of them are soaked.
It was soaked, but it was not damaged. The crime of destroying the government and announcing the complicity is treacherous, ordinary people live in troubled times, and most of them seek a peaceful life, and they will not have more rights and wrongs.
Although the notice has been posted for some time, there are still many people in the village who talk about it. Sima Wenzhi paused to the side, listening intently.
The peasants he talked about did not shy away from him, and at this time, because of the war, many outsiders fled here. Sima Wen's face was full of vegetables, and his clothes were dirty and tattered, like a person who had fled.
After hearing this, he knew that in recent days, the government had arrested several Gao generals and rescued several Jin princes.
The General Gao caught by the government was naturally fake, but it did not prevent them from asking for a bounty from above.
Fake thieves who are caught will not be released, and will be forcibly confiscated in the army. Those who do not want to be in the army are beaten to death with sticks. In troubled times, human life is like a mustard, no one will pursue it, and no one dares to pursue it.
After that, there was no gain, and after a short time, Sima asked him to return.
"Childe, how is it?" Seeing him return, General Gao's hanging heart let go and hurriedly asked.
"It's ugly. Sima asked without looking up, and responded directly.
When the peasants talked about the government's carelessness for human life, there was no resentment on their faces, only schadenfreude. The rabbit died and the fox was sad, and the reaction of the people in the village made him feel disheartened.
"What's ugly?" General Gao asked again, puzzled.
"There are many notices in the village that want you, and they paint you ugly. Sima asked and replied.
In fact, the portraits of the two are very ugly, and the portraits are only auxiliary clues, and many times they are far from themselves, and the government attaches more importance to the description of the wanted person.
Without waiting for General Gao to ask questions again, Sima Wenzhi began to take the initiative to tell him what he had seen and heard.