Chapter 356 356 Chase, Croton Noodle Soup
Li Yu and Ji Xiang rode out of the city and galloped toward Luoji Mountain. They quickly reached the foot of the mountain and rode up the mountain road. In the middle of the day, they arrived at the wooden house where the hunter rested.
Li Yu dismounted and tied the horse to a tree outside the house. Jixiang picked up firewood from in front of the wooden house and built a fire, and took out horse feed to feed the horse.
Li Yu went into the house and took out the hanging pot from the space, went to the creek next to the house to scoop some water, hung the hanging pot on the fire and burned it.
Jixiang looked at the dark hanging pot and felt a little familiar, and asked strangely: "Madam, why does this hanging pot look so similar to the one we used when we escaped!"
Li Yu smiled dryly, "Hey! I forgot to bring it back last time. I just realized it was still there when I entered the house."
Ji Xiang had no doubt about Li Yu's words, "Maybe there are not many people going up the mountain these days, and we came out in a hurry."
The two of them took out dry food and ate it. Jixiang said to Li Yu, "Madam, please sleep for a while while I watch the horses."
Li Yu looked around, then entered the house and took out the sleeping bag from the space, and handed it to Ji Xiang, "I didn't get a good rest at night. I have to travel early tomorrow morning and my body won't be able to bear it. I think it's better to lead the horse to the door and tie it up." Come on, come in and take a rest!"
Ji Xiang took the sleeping bag and felt that Li Yu's bag was like a treasure chest. "Okay, madam, I'll add a few more big logs to the fire."
After the two of them packed up, Li Yu put the crossbow in his hand, lay on the wooden bed, breathed evenly, and quickly fell asleep.
Jixiang lay in the sleeping bag, thinking that this thing was really good, just like a big cotton-padded jacket, and fell asleep listening to the chirping of insects in the forest.
After sleeping for an hour, the two got up and continued on their way. Li Yu held a torch and led the horse in front, following the traces left by Shen Shuo and the others. When the sky turned white, the two got on the horse and quickly He hurried forward and arrived at the place where Li Yu met the two Qi soldiers at the end of the day.
The two dismounted. Li Yu glanced at Ji Xiang who was feeding the horse and said to him, "I'll go to the forest to collect some wild animals and come back."
"Okay, I'll raise the fire, please be careful."
Li Yu went into the forest and sat down to rest for a while. He took out two pheasants from the space, sorted them out by the stream and carried them back. Jixiang looked at the pheasants in Li Yu's hand and laughed, "Madam, you are so fast. It’s been sorted out.”
"Good luck, I met these two unlucky guys as soon as I entered the forest." Li Yu said, skewering the chicken on a wooden stick and grilling it. After eating, the two got on their horses and hurried forward. They rushed forward when it was dark. We arrived at the foot of the first mountain ridge.
It was already chilly in the mountains in September. The two of them walked to a big tree, tied up their horses, picked up some firewood, and started a fire. Ji Xiang began to roast a roe deer they had caught on the road. Li Yu watched Looking at the drawing, "Our one-day journey may take us two days to reach General Shen and his friends. If we climb to the top of this mountain ridge, we should catch up with them. I wonder how General Shen is doing? Have you found any secret spies from Qi people around you?"
Jixiang turned the wooden stick in his hand, and his originally joyful face turned sad, "Madam, can you endure such a hard journey?"
Li Yu recalled that when he was on a mission in his previous life, he sometimes didn't sleep for two or three days in a row. "It's okay, let's grab a bite to eat, rest for a while and then start on our way."
Ji Xiang nodded, picked up a dagger and cut open the roe deer meat and applied seasoning on the meat. Suddenly, a faint howl of wolves and a faint roar of tigers came from the distance, and the horse tied on the tree began to stir uneasily. .
Li Yu walked over, stroked the horse and said softly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's still far away from us!" The horse slowly settled down.
After the two had eaten, they began to rest against the big tree. After an hour, Li Yu opened his eyes and woke up Ji Xiang, and the two led the horse and continued on their way.
A few days later, on a hilltop on the same mountain ridge, I remembered the sound of snoring one after another. The men and horses led by Shen Shuo were lying on the ground in a mess. Everyone was very tired from the rapid march for several days, except for the soldiers who were on duty at night. The soldiers fell into a deep sleep.
Shen Shuo lay quietly on the ground, feeling something was wrong in his heart. The guiding signs left by Qi people in the past two days seemed to have been artificially altered. Who was it? It caused everyone to go wrong several times. If I hadn't discovered it earlier and didn't know where I had gone, could it be that there were spies from Daqi among the people I brought? Thinking of this, Shen Shuo shuddered in his heart. The next road must be followed according to the drawings or the traces left by the scouts. You can no longer follow the road signs left by Qi Ren, Shen Shuo thought to himself.
Before dawn, the quartermaster in the army began to make rice. A tall and muscular man quietly hid in the dark. When the leader of the gang was not paying attention, he put a handful of chopped fruit into two large noodle soup pots. He ran quietly along the mountain path without anyone noticing.
After everyone ate dry food, drank some hot soup, packed up their things, reorganized the team and started on their way. Only then did Shen Shuo realize that someone was missing. Thinking of what happened on the road, his expression changed greatly, "Hurry up, Yang Rui is a traitor." …”
Before he finished speaking, Shen Shuo felt a cramp in his stomach, and then he remembered a roaring sound. He couldn't help but feel the urge to relieve himself. He hurriedly hid under a tree, and then most of the officers and soldiers started. It exudes a disgusting stench.
When Shen Shuo came out of the woods holding his stomach and looking at the situation in front of him, Shen Shuo understood that these officers and soldiers might have been drugged.
The military doctor walked up to Shen Shuo and said happily: "General, that man named Yang picked croton seeds on the road and put them in the pot for us. Fortunately, he doesn't know the poison, otherwise we..."
Seeing his men who were dizzy, Shen Shuo had no choice but to order another rest and said to the military doctor: "Medical Officer He, hurry up and brew herbal medicine for everyone to stop diarrhea."
Medical Officer He looked at Shen Shuo with a sad face, "General, so many people have been drugged. The antidiarrheal medicine I brought is not enough. I'm afraid it won't stop for a while."
Shen Shuo looked at Medical Officer He and thought that only Shen Hui and Chen Lin were in better condition. He should cure them first and go after Yang Rui, the thief. "You give the medicine to Shen Hui and Chen Lin first." Drink it and let them chase Yang Rui. You quickly find medicine to stop diarrhea for everyone, eh..." Shen Shuo went into the forest again before he finished speaking.
After a while, he came out of the woods holding his stomach, called Shen Hui and said: "Ah Hui, among the generals, your diarrhea is not that serious. Take Chen Lin with you to capture Yang Rui."
Shen Hui looked at Shen Shuo and whispered: "Second uncle, I remember that you promoted Yang Rui. Who recommended him to you?"
"I have some friendship with Wei San of the Wei family. He came to me and said that Yang Rui was the child bride arranged by his grandfather for his sister. Now that the Yang family is in decline, Yang Rui wants to find a family background so that Miss Wei can marry in a more prestigious manner. Seeing that Yang Rui's kung fu was not bad, I agreed to him. It seems that the Wei family didn't know that Yang Rui had a problem." Shen Shuo said that his stomach hurt again, "Ah Hui, go quickly, it will be troublesome to let him escape. ”
Medical Officer He handed the medicine bowl to Shen Hui and Chen Lin. After Shen Hui and Chen Lin drank the medicine, he also brought them a bamboo tube before letting them go on the road.