Chapter 166 Chapter Seven: The Wolf in the Mountain

On the Qinling Mountains, there are high streams and flowing springs with luxuriant vegetation. The most peculiar thing is the lake on the high mountain. It makes people wonder how many years ago, when the glaciers receded, the water was collected in the ice cirque valley. The further you go up, the colder the weather will be, and the wind will be violent, and the green pines will seem to be floating in the sea of ​​clouds. Because I didn't know how many miles I deviated from the original route, I actually got lost at this time. However, after severely injuring the enemy, he was excited, and even more afraid of the enemy's backup, so he rushed into the mountain, thinking that as long as he crossed the Qinling Mountains, he could reach the state of Chu, he would make plans at that time.

Climbing left and turning right before dusk, we camped in a foggy valley. Everyone put on furs to keep out the cold and worked hard. Some of the iron guards chopped trees to make fire, and some took out fodder to feed the horses.Ji Yanran's two daughters are in charge of changing Wu Da's dressing. Wu Da woke up and knew that he was out of danger. He was so happy and moved that he shed tears, and his mood improved greatly. At this time, Jing Shan and Wu Shu came back after hunting a mountain deer, and excitedly reported that they found a hot spring outside the valley, adding to the joyful atmosphere.

Ji Yanran and Zhao Zhi didn't even have a moment's patience, so they ordered Jing Shan and Wu Guang to lift the Uda, and dragged Xiang Shaolong to the biggest hot spring. After leaving Taniguchi, the eyes suddenly opened up. Numerous mountain peaks stand opposite each other, and the plants are vertically divided into zones according to the terrain. A spring flows through the mouth of the valley, and the heat rises. They go upstream and find a large warm pool about half a foot wide surrounded by old pines within less than 200 steps. More than ten feet deep, it is like a fairyland in the mountains, magnificent and charming.

The hot spring trickles out from the purple-black granite holes, which makes everyone feel happy. "Ouch!" Zhao Zhi abruptly withdrew his hand that had plunged into the spring water, and said coquettishly, "It's so hot! How can I take a bath!" Wu Shu respectfully said: "Let the villain go back and get the bucket. Just fetch the water and wait for the water to cool for a while before you can use it." Ji Yanran said regretfully, "If you can't immerse your whole body in the pool, you will lose your fun!" Xiang Shaolong smiled and said: "Talented woman and Zhizhi, please don't worry, we just went in the wrong direction. If we go down, the spring water must gather somewhere else. Since it has been exposed to the air for a long time, the temperature should be more suitable .”

Immediately, the two girls felt better, and took the lead to search downstream. They walked more than 500 steps to the lower place, climbed over several piles of well-distributed boulders, and a large emerald green pool was embedded in a stone like a natural mirror. On the stage, the surrounding forests are deep, the pool water is clear, and the heat is greatly reduced. The two girls cheered, they probed into the water of the lake, and found that Xiang Shaolong's prediction was right, the temperature was indeed a temperature that human beings could bear, they almost jumped into the lake.

Wu Guang and the two immediately put down Wu Da, and the two women took off his shirt for him, and washed his wound with water from the warm pool. Seeing that his wound had healed by 70% or 80%, Xiang Shaolong said with great confidence: "As long as Xiaoda's fever subsides, he should recover soon." Wu Da was washed the wound with hot water, and moaned comfortably: "My two ladies, do you want to immerse your whole body in the pool?" Ji Yanran stood up with a pretty blushing face, and said to Jing Shan and the others: "Did you hear your brother's request? Why don't you come and serve him?"

The two boys came at their command, and while they were undressing him, Xiang Shaolong and the two girls moved to the high cliff on the other side of the pool, sat down leisurely, and enjoyed the magnificent mountain scenery. The place where the spring water flows down is a canyon as deep as hundreds of feet, with cliffs facing each other on both sides, and pines and cypresses standing on the top of the cliffs.In the dim afterglow of the sunset, bursts of mist swayed among the peaks, and the beauty of the scenery is fascinating. The two women held Xiang Shaolong's arms tightly on the left and right, and were speechless for a while.

After looking at it for a while, Xiang Shaolong said: "Yan Ran has been to Chu State before, are you familiar with her history?" Ji Yanran gave him an angry and flattering look, but didn't speak. Xiang Shaolong was puzzled and didn't know what he said wrong. Beat it up." There was Wu Da's moaning from behind, and Xiang Shaolong turned his head to look, and suddenly found that including Jing Shan and Wu Guang, they were all naked in the pool, and even waved to him to express their comfort. Situation, he laughed dumbly and said: "My good lady, Ji Cai, please forgive me for my husband's unscrupulous words. What is the glorious history of Chu State? What is the current state of the country?"

Only then did Ji Yanran return to anger, and said in her sweet voice: "Chu State was once extremely powerful and almost occupied all the fertile land in the south." The country, because the Yue country was annexed by Qiang Chu in the end. Xiang Shaolong bowed his head and kissed her cheek, lovingly said: "The green hills are still there, the sunset is red a few times, the past is over! Yanran don't think so much." Ji Yanran and Zhao Zhi were moved at the same time. Xiang Shaolong also knew that he had embezzled the creation of "descendants", he smiled wryly and sighed deeply.

Ji Yanran exclaimed: "The green hills are still there, and the sunset is red several times. It has a profound meaning and makes people sigh with emotion. Who can say it more profoundly than my husband?" Zhao Zhiyi was confused and said: "Husband sits facing the setting sun and speaks in writing, Zhi Zhi loves you." Feeling ashamed, Xiang Shaolong changed the subject and said, "Yanran hasn't said anything about the current situation in Chu State yet!" Ji Yanran's beautiful eyes were mesmerized, watching the sunset from a distance, and murmured like sleepwalking: "In the last years of King Huai of Chu, Qin used the commercial martingale reform to become stronger, and its continuous and horizontal annexation policy was successively victorious, but Chu's vertical and vertical resistance to Qin was a failure. The two battles of Danyang and Lantian were both defeated by Qin. The heaviest blow was the loss of Hanzhong and Shangyu, while Wei took the opportunity to attack Chu’s neighboring Zheng State. So far, Chu State changed its entire national policy. Since then, there have been gains and losses, does my lord want to know the details?"

Her description was concise and to the point, although Xiang Shaolong didn't know where Danyang, Lantian, or Hanzhong and Shangyu were, he could still guess. He nodded and said: "Anyway, those three boys are unwilling to climb up so quickly, let's chat for a while." Zhao Zhi didn't know that both Wu Guang and Jing Shan had entered the pool, so he couldn't help turning his head to look, his pretty face turned red and he didn't look back. Xiang Shaolong secretly thought that if it was Zhao Ya or Shanrou who was peeping, he would not be as shy as her, maybe he would even make fun of them, he couldn't help thinking of them, and his heart burned. Ji Yanran said: "King Huai of Chu was tricked into coming to Qin, and died of hardship. The state of Chu was even more devastated. After King Qingxiang ascended the throne, he no longer had the strength to expand to the northeast. As before, he kept encroaching on the land and turned to open up the southwest. Jiao followed the Yuan River into Yunnan, exited Qilan, and Keyelang, and established a group of vassal states under the rule of Chu. With the support of Yunnan, the Chu people continued to expand to the southwest, occupying large areas of land in Ba and Shu, and their power reached directly On both sides of the river." At this moment, Xiang Shaolong understood a little bit why the people of Chu retreated repeatedly in the fight against the Qin Dynasty, because they had no time to look north. Zhao Zhiqi said: "This should be a good thing for the people of Chu, but why does Sister Yanran say that they both gain and lose?" Ji Yanran said: "A large increase in the country's land is certainly a good thing, but it must be supported by a strong military force. The Chu people were forced by the Qin people and moved their capital three times. After the Qin people occupied Wu and Qian counties, Zhuang Jiao and other Chu nobles Then they claimed their own kings, and Dian, Yelang, Minshan, and Lan, Ruo and other countries did not belong to each other. Although King Qingxiang once counterattacked Qin and took back the fifteen counties beside the river as counties, he was still in a situation of being beaten. So now King Xiaolie was forced to seek peace with Qin from Nazhou. He had already lost half of his country, and had to move his capital to Juyang to the southeast. Afterwards, although he destroyed Lu again, he still suffered frequent defeats against Qin soldiers. Dasheng had to move its capital southeast to Shouchun; all the land west of Qingyang fell into the hands of Daqin. Now it can only survive, so whenever Li Yuan told me about his plan to revitalize Chu, I listened to every word No ear." Zhao Zhidao: "Li Yuan is so confused, I don't know that Sister Yanran doesn't like Chu people the most." Ji Yanran said: "You can't say that. Although there is hatred for the subjugation of the country, it has been a history of strong countries annexing small countries for hundreds of years. In terms of how many countries have been destroyed, the people of Chu can be crowned champions. They have unified half of the country in the southeast. The cultural influence of the Central Plains is the most extensive and far-reaching, and after the death of our country, the influence spread to the lower reaches of the river and even Huai, Si, and the South China Sea.” After a pause, he continued: "There is no country in the Central Plains that has more colorful cultures than the Chu people. One of the main reasons is that the Chu people have annexed dozens of countries and tribes and integrated various cultures through intermarriage. However, it has become a political burden. Among the countries today, the local power of Chu State is the most powerful. In many cases, King Xiaolie couldn't just do what he said. Chu State wavered repeatedly in the matter of resisting Qin. Unspeakable difficulties." This is called talking with Jiao overnight, which is better than ten years of reading.Xiang Shaolong's mind immediately expanded to the entire "China" that didn't exist yet.Thinking that in the future, Qin Shihuang, who is small in size, wants to unify so many different countries, cultures, ethnic groups and talents under his banner, he suddenly feels that the world is far away, and he has a sense of the grandeur that he has created Qin Shihuang to come out of the world. Amidst the sound of hunting, Wu Da and the other three lit torches for them after taking a bath, replacing the dark sky with red light. The two women cried and jumped up. Wu Da's face was radiant as if he had been reborn, and he was able to leave with the support, Xiang Shaolong was amazed to see it. Now this Wentan is their world. Watching the two women take off their clothes, Xiang Shaolong immediately ignited a fire of love and followed them into the fiery pool. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Climb high and low, uphill and downhill. After five days of walking in the Qinling Mountains, everyone really knew that they had lost their way. Although the Qinling Mountains are still full of peaks and stunning scenery, they have lost their appreciation, especially at night when the howling of wild wolves is coming and going, as if they are watching all the time, which makes them restless sleep. The only good thing is that Uda gradually recovered and was able to walk on her own, which greatly relieved her physical and psychological burden. Xiang Shaolong himself had rich experience in marching, he knew that he had identified the sun, the moon and the stars, and headed towards the southeast, so he made up his mind. Knowing that the day of crossing the Qinling Mountains is the time to arrive at a certain place in Chu. After another two days of travel, after two horses fell to death, the terrain began to stretch down, the climate warmed up, and the chilling primitive glaciers were no longer seen.The pine trees are no longer covered with snow, which makes them feel better. That night they found a platform on the back of the mountain and camped. After dinner, everyone except the night watchman hid in the camp. Nothing happened in the mountains, Xiang Shaolong let go of his arms, and he and the two girls were like ducks in water, never feeling lonely. Although Ji Yanran and Xiang Shaolong were romantic and affectionate when they were alone, they were very reserved in front of Xiang Shaolong and other wives and maidservants, let alone having sex in the same room. But in the special situation before him, and because there is no estrangement with Zhao Zhi anymore, he opened himself up to accept the reality in the tent, and taught Xiang Shaolong to enjoy the best of sex. When they fell asleep in each other's arms, Zhao Zhi said, "Why are the wolves howling so loudly tonight?" Xiang Shaolong listened carefully and found that the howls of wolves were concentrated on the low slope in the southeast. Although it was strange, but if he was asked to leave the warm bed, his charming wife and the tent, he would never do it. Then he smiled and said, "Maybe I know that there are two delicious beauties with the most tender and tender flesh, and they are about to leave them, so let's hold a special farewell party!" The two girls took the opportunity to act like a spoiled child and wrestled together in the bed. The scene in it is really incomparable to outsiders. Just at the moment when the wolf was howling, there was the sound of someone shouting, the chaos was extremely extreme. Xiang Shaolong jumped up, told the two girls to stay in the camp, and hurried out.The two women didn't want to follow, but hated that they were still weak, so they had to stay obediently. When Xiang Shaolong rushed out of the tent, all the people went outside, Xiang Shaolong ordered the others to stay and guard the camp, light torches, and the five closest friends, Jing Shan, Jing Qi, Wu Guang, Wu Yan and Wu Shu The capable men rushed towards the source of the voice. After climbing a hill, the crowd walked down a long slope with crossbow arrows in their hands, and the sound of howling wolves became clear, letting them know that the wolves were besieging a certain target. Before reaching the bottom of the 30-foot-long slope, more than a dozen wolves smelled their scent and turned around and rushed towards them.They flew at full speed, rushing towards them like more than a dozen electric fires. Their white teeth and bright green eyes reflecting the firelight made their hair stand on end. Six crossbow arrows shot out.The six wild wolves fell back to the valley at the bottom of the slope amidst hissing miserably.There were still nearly ten wolves rushing towards them without fear of death.Time did not allow them to load their crossbows any longer, and everyone drew out their swords, and slashed at the wolves head to face. Blood spattered, and wild wolves howled.Those wild wolves were extremely agile. Fortunately, the six of them were all highly skilled, and their important parts were protected by armor, but they were still difficult to deal with. Just as Xiang Shaolong chopped off a wild wolf, another wolf jumped up from the side and bit his throat. Xiang Shaolong yelled loudly, stretched out his right foot, and hit the wolf's chest, unexpectedly the wolf lowered its head and bit on his boot, luckily the sword pierced the wolf's eyes, and the wolf hissed miserably and fell back, but the boot There are already two more tooth marks, which shows how sharp the wolf teeth are. Jing Shan and Jing Qi are used to hunting, they are the best, not only fearless, but also rushing forward.Swinging the sword and kicking, taking advantage of the high pressure of the slope, coupled with the torch brandished by Huo Huo, he drove back the other newly joined wolves. With a muffled groan, Wu Guang was knocked down to the ground by a wolf that was attacking from the side. This kid has always relied on his strength and used his ruthlessness to forcefully throw the whole wolf to the side of the slope, where it crashed into a pile of rocks. , but the clothes on his arm were torn, and blood flowed down. When Xiang Shaolong kicked over the other wolf that was trying to pounce on Wu Guang, more than a dozen wolves were dead, wounded, or fled. Looking around, except for Jing Shan, no one was bitten or scratched more or less, and he couldn't help being shocked, he didn't expect these wild wolves to be so ferocious. The howling of wolves had decreased significantly, and there was a faint call from the bottom of the slope. No one expected to meet other people in such a remote mountain and valley. Curiosity and sympathy arose, and they forgot the ferocity of the wolf. The terrain at the bottom of the slope is flat and surrounded by mountains. Nearly a hundred hungry wolves gather at the east end, constantly rushing towards the rocky slope. The fire was faintly visible on the top of the slope, but it was close to being extinguished. Hiding in the shadows, only human voices could be heard, but no human figure could be seen. Seeing someone approaching, the hungry wolf scattered away on guard, and the crossbow arrows shot down all those who rushed. This time everyone learned how to behave. While driving away the wolves with torches, they loaded new crossbows and fired continuously. The wolves fell down one by one. When Jing Shan and Jing Qi led the way to the bottom of the short rocky slope, the wolves scattered far away, not daring to approach. But Jing Shan and the others became addicted to killing, they kept chasing and shooting, and let out the bad breath before. Knowing that the wolves were timid, Xiang Shaolong felt relieved, and shouted upwards: "Where is the friend above, is anyone injured?" A figure appeared on the top of the slope, clasped his fists and said: "Thank you for your help, all strong men. Three of us were bitten by wolves, but none of them were in danger of life. As long as we pick up dead branches and start a fire, we can last until dawn." Shaolong heard that his words were decent, but he seemed to have something to hide, or he was wary of them, so he didn't invite them up to meet, and it was not surprising, he said loudly: "Since that is the case, we are responsible for driving the wolves away. Brother, come down and fetch a tree to make a fire." Say hello to everyone, and continue to kill the wolves.