Chapter 17: Parting
Under the guidance of three guides, 500 Yongan Island people, including Shi Fudi, Shi Dewa and Shui Dang, abandoned the ship and landed on the shore and came to the southwest corner of the Xurui Dynasty mainland.
The southwest corner of the Xurui Dynasty is a high mountain plateau of several thousand meters in the west, bordering a primeval forest in the east, there are many mountains in the hinterland in the middle, the valleys are vertical and horizontal, the rivers are staggered, it is the most complex terrain of the whole continent, the most dangerous terrain and the most treacherous environment, here are scattered are some minority tribes, among which the most powerful is the center of the center there is a tribe called Changyu tribe, the population of Changyu is said to be close to one million, occupy a relatively vast plateau area in the closure of a mountain range and a large river.
The Xurui Dynasty had sent 20,000 troops to conquer the Changyu tribe, but most of the soldiers were buried in the turbulent river in the deep mountains and valleys, due to the terrain restrictions, the Changyu people almost did not set foot in the areas ruled by the Xurui Dynasty, so since that expedition, the Xurui Dynasty has never attacked the Changyu area.
The purpose of Shi Servant's trip was to let Shi Dewa lead the people of Yong'an Island to the Changyu tribe area outside the scope of the Xurui Dynasty to protect the roots and seedlings of the Miao tribe on Yong'an Island.
From the landing place chosen by the guide of the servant land to the Changyu area, you have to pass through the edge of the primeval forest infested with poisonous snakes and beasts, and you have to climb hundreds of miles of lofty mountains and mountains, cross several rivers, and may encounter the attacks of some savage and ferocious minority tribes in the middle, so this will be a dangerous way to survive.
Shi Dewa walked at the front of the procession, followed by Shi Servant Di and three guides, and then behind was a large team of children of the Miu clan surrounded by 200 soldiers, and the Diedewa, Fengdewa, and Water Party were all surrounded in the procession.
As soon as the team approached the edge of the forest, they ran into a wolf chasing the deer out of the forest, and the deer ran to the back of the group, and the wolf stopped next to a tree, his murderous gaze moving between the deer and the team.
Stonewa walked forward slowly, and when the wolf saw a man leaving the group and approaching, he glanced back at the great forest, and then shot his murderous gaze at Stoneva.
Shi Dewa approached the evil wolf step by step, when the evil wolf was a few meters away from Shi Dewa, after the four eyes collided violently, the evil wolf suddenly turned around and wanted to escape into the big forest, Shi Dewa jumped forward, raised his hand and punched the evil wolf in the neck, the evil wolf was knocked to the ground, blood slowly flowed out of his nostrils, and he died without much struggle.
Shidwa waved his hand back, and the team walked over.
Shi Dewa was half a head taller than the big man in the group, and he stood at the head of the group like a dragon out of the water.
After walking for nearly two hours on the edge of the Great Forest, several lone wolves encountered on the way were killed by Stonewa's fists.
As it grew dark, and the party descended deeper into the edge of the forest, the three guides found a sparsely wooded open space on a slightly higher ground, where they set up tents and prepared to spend the night.
After a brief meal, the exhausted people went to sleep in their tents, and Shidwa took twenty soldiers to guard and guard the fire. After a while, the servant came out of the tent, and he said to Shi Dewa: "Little benefactor! The poor monk will keep watch for you on the eve of the night, and you will come again in the second half of the night.
Shi Dewa nodded, and got into the tent, where he rested peacefully.
Shi Dewa's martial talent surpassed that of Zhou Huan, the fourth prince, who was known as the first day of the Xurui Dynasty's martial arts, and his energy was extraordinarily strong, and he woke up after lying down and resting for more than an hour.
Shidwa came out of the tent to replace the night watch's almsgiving, and at the same time let the night watch soldiers go into the tents to rest.
Shideva placed some dry twigs on the fire and observed his surroundings by the light of the fire.
After looking around, Shi Dewa stopped at a large tree more than ten meters away. Shi Dewa vaguely saw that several thick branches of the big tree more than ten meters high were shaking slightly.
Shi Dewa approached the big tree and looked closely, the branches were indeed shaking, and the shaking branches were changing from top to bottom, and finally the branches did not move, and Shi Dewa saw a pair of bright triangular eyes.
Shi Dewa subconsciously quickly retreated, and a golden leopard nearly two meters long immediately jumped in front of him from the tree.
After Shi Dewa saw the golden leopard clearly, he began to approach the golden leopard, and the golden leopard's slightly narrowed triangular eyes slowly opened and widened, radiating a ferocious gaze, and it met the fierce gaze of Shi Dewa who was constantly approaching. The leopard's eyes shrank and rushed to Shidewa, because the distance was too close, the speed and power of the golden leopard could not be used, it had one paw in front to press down Shidewa, and the other paw was in the back ready to tear the downed Shidewa.
Shi Dewa had already prepared, and at the same time as the leopard pounced, he had already taken a step to the side, avoiding the leopard's pounce, and at the same time punched the leopard's neck that was close to the air, and the leopard was knocked to the ground.
Before the leopard stood up, the second and third punches hit the back of its neck, and then Stonewa punched and kicked the leopard in the abdomen, and finally dragged the leopard to the fire.
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A day later, Shidwa and his party walked out of the edge of the great forest, and they were greeted by rolling hills.
The hills were covered with thick vegetation, and as they passed through a densely forested hollow, Shidwa's party was attacked by a group of local tribesmen.
Bamboo arrows shot out of the dense forest, but fortunately, the shield bearers in the formation walked on the periphery of the group, and the big shields blocked the flying bamboo arrows.
The crossbowmen in the formation were about to fire their crossbow arrows in return, when the servant and the three guides shouted at the same time for the crossbowmen to stop firing.
A guide sat everyone down, then took a few weapons from the soldiers and placed them outside the group.
After a while, out of the woods came a group of bare-chested and bareback men with oil paint and clubs, knives and arrows.
One of the guides walked out of the group, said something to the group that they did not understand, and then returned to the group, took out the leopard skin of the leopard that Shidwa had killed, and walked up to the group, and the group seemed to be happy to get the leopard skin, and someone took out a domino and gave it to the guide, and then the group cheered and walked into the woods.
It turned out that these three guides were all big pots of horse teams who ran merchants in the southwest corner of the Xurui Dynasty all year round, and they were familiar with the geographical location and customs of the southwest region, and they could also speak some local words.
In the treacherous environment of the southwest region, the traders all believe in Buddhism, and they are forced by life to walk in the snow-capped mountains, valleys, rivers, and bandit-infested areas all the year round, and their lives are in danger at any time, and without the protection of the Buddha in their hearts, they will lose the courage to walk.
The Bodhisattva is the biggest true Buddha in the hearts of the people in the south, and people often go thousands of miles to the Shuien Temple to worship the servant land, and these three guides go to the Shuien Temple during the interval between the businessmen, and the servant land has become an acquaintance.
The guide returned to the group with the dominoes and said, "Sit on the ground and throw away your weapon, here you want to be friends." Most of the tribes in this area live by hunting, and whoever has more animal skins will be respected, so the leader of this group of people was very happy to get the leopard skin, and gave me this leopard domino representing his identity. Don't underestimate this little domino, people from the same tribe will treat us as friends when they see this domino, even if they are not from the same tribe, they will know that we have local friends when they see this domino, and they will open up to us. The big tribes in this area have more than 1,000 people, and if we are the enemy, even if we can beat them, we will inevitably lose our troops, so we have made a lot of money in this skin and bone trade. ”
The biggest problem in the next two days was hunger, the food brought on the island was exhausted, and the meat for hunting and barbecue was limited, and it was not very suitable to eat.
Many people began to pick wild fruits and mushrooms to satisfy their hunger, and the guide repeatedly warned and discouraged the danger of poisoning, but there were still many people who ate secretly, and several people in the team were already poisoned, the most serious being Fengdewa.
Fengdewa vomited and diarrhea for a day, severely dehydrated, and the guide looked for antidote herbs, but it didn't help.
One of the guides said to the servant: "Fengdewa is too deeply poisoned, I need to seek treatment from Lang Zhong immediately, and I need to recuperate for a few days." The roads we will walk in the future are all high mountains and valleys and rivers, and Feng Dewa will follow us, and I am afraid that my life will not be saved in a few days!"
Shi Dewa listened to the guide's words and anxiously asked what to do with the servant.
Shi Shi said: "Amitabha! Little donor! The poor monk will say goodbye to you! This place is the direction of the Changyu region to the north, and the direction of the Shuien Temple to the east, which is the place where the Xurui Dynasty controls tightly, and the death of the king of Nanling may have caused an uproar in the Xurui Dynasty, you are the biggest suspect, the government may be arresting you, I will take the Fengdewa donor to see Langzhong nearby, and then the poor monk will arrange to take care of his life, and then meet you in the future." ”
He walked in front, followed by a guide, then two soldiers carrying the sleeping Windwa on wooden frames, and finally five soldiers with bags on their backs, all dressed as merchants. Shi Dewa and the Water Party watched the group of ten people leave the large group and walk towards the east.
The backs of the ten men gradually disappeared, leaving only the grassy wilderness and the black clouds of a dragon swimming slowly on the horizon.