Mountains and seas can be flat

They docked in a wooden boat, and continued on their way by riding Xie on the shore.But only one.Fortunately, it has a strong load capacity, and it is enough for the two of them to sit on its back.Along the way, Zifeng kept holding Fang Zheng in his arms, as if he was dreaming.He felt that Fang Zheng treated him differently. He couldn't tell, but this change was very good.The two rode together, Zifeng put his hands around Fang Zheng's waist, climbed over and hugged him like a koala, put his head on the other's shoulder, and the other side let him hold him in silence.

"Danyang City is in the northeast." At the beginning, Zifeng said something serious to cover up.

"You just need to grasp the direction." Fang Zheng said reassuringly.

"Brother Zheng, if you're tired, just sleep for a while." Zifeng felt the other's body leaning against him softly.It's been a day without rest.

"Take turns, I'll replace you later." Fang Zhengdao, then let his body entrust his weight to him, and fell asleep peacefully.He already trusts "Lian Feng" very much, it can be said that he is the person he trusts the most in this era.He knew that "Lian Feng" would not harm him, and this cognition was gradually strengthened during countless times of sleeping together, and now, in addition to not harming him, he also knew that "Lian Feng" would do his best to protect him.Then the reverse is also true...

After Fang Zheng got enough sleep, he insisted on changing to "Lian Feng" to rest. In order to prevent Xie Yao from going the wrong way, they found a tall bush and made sure there was no threat in the area. After a while, he came to watch.Zifeng had to pester Fang Zheng even more when he was sleeping, and got into his arms before he would sleep peacefully.

Fang Zheng was blind, hugged the boy in his arms gently, and patted him on the back regularly, as if comforting a child, with tenderness that he didn't even realize.Zifeng woke up after enough sleep, but closed his eyes and refused to move.He felt that Fang Zheng was holding him tenderly, as if building a solid barrier with his arms in this strange and dangerous wilderness.Zifeng's heart was both warm and sore—Brother Zheng, if you knew who I was after recovering, would you still treat me like this?Even so, I will find medicine for you, and I hope you can recover soon.

The two of them drove for another day and approached Danyang City.

It is said to be a city, but in fact there is no high wall for later generations.King Xia Zhu is the descendant of Yu Qi. Back then, Dayu's father was named Gun, who was punished by Emperor Tao and Tang for his poor water control.Later, Gun launched a rebellion and built a nine-ren high city, but his virtues were cruel and people's hearts were lost, and the high city and thick soil could not stop the residents from dispersing.Later Dayu succeeded to the throne, demolished the city walls and overturned the barriers. Because of his noble virtues, he won the hearts of the people, and all the tribes surrendered one after another.Legend has it that when Xia Qi founded the country, he made an oath: all descendants will never build high walls, so as to emulate Emperor Yu's virtue of enlightening people's hearts.

Fang Zheng didn't know whether the legend was true, but he heard from "Lian Feng" that there were many fertile lands near Danyang City, and the Xiazhu people were still cultivating them.If the city wall is repaired, the road to expansion will be blocked.Like the Yuyi people, Xiazhu people mainly eat rice and corn, and there is also a special geographical grain: wild rice, which grows near water.It seems unrealistic to build a city wall in the water.

A few miles away from Danyang City, Fang Zheng and Zifeng checked their speech skills. They pretended to be descendants of a small tribe in the west of Xia Zhu and came to Danyang City to seek protection.In this way, he will not be caught as a slave immediately.Zifeng said that when all nations came to worship Emperor Yu, he made alliances with many tribes, with many lenient and generous clauses.Although things are different in the world now, Xiazhu people claim to be the most orthodox descendants of Emperor Chongyu. They have a strange and common view called "li" about certain things. As long as they have a status symbol, they will not easily put people as slaves

"What is a status symbol?"

"Like this."

Zifeng casually took out a piece of jade carving from his bosom, and touched the Eastern and Western Signs in his hands, it looked like a dragon, a fish, and a pig, and he couldn't tell what it was for a while.Zifeng said, this is a jade carving, engraving the gods worshiped by the Xiazhu people, and it was also worshiped in the Yu Dynasty in the past.

Fang Zheng asked in surprise, "Where did you get it?"

Zifeng paused and said, "My teacher left it for me."

Zifeng had kept this piece of jade since he was a child, and it was confiscated when he was sent to prison, but after Zu Jiang's daughter-in-law rescued him, she found it and returned it to him.This is a relic of the Yu Dynasty, but there are almost all the old officials who split the land and divided the borders, scattered in Xiazhu and Yuyi countries, and later spread widely, so Zifeng is not worried that his identity will be exposed .

Speaking of revealing identities...

Zifeng took out the ore powder and a small rabbit hair brush that he carried with him, and wiped some on his face.He was mainly worried that Zifeng's face would be recognized by some people in Xia Zhu.Fang Zheng heard him rubbing his face beside him, and asked, "Xiaofeng, what are you doing?"

Zifeng thought to himself, Fang Zheng doesn't need to pretend, as few people know him.Zifeng said: "I have too many mud marks on my face, please clean it." Fang Zheng stretched out his hand unexpectedly, and said, "Shall I help you?"

Fang Zheng wiped it, his hands were covered with ore powder, and he was puzzled, he didn't know what the fine particles were on his hands, it didn't seem like dirt.Zifeng was startled, and hurriedly dodged two steps and said, "Brother Zheng, I'll do it myself." This made Fang Zheng even more suspicious. "Lian Feng" has been trying his best to pester him, and he flocks to him like he shouldn't be enjoying it. It's really strange why he rejected him today.

Fang Zheng's heart tightened, he pretended to be nonchalant, and asked again: "Does it mean that with this piece of jade, you won't be caught as a slave?"

Zifeng said: "Yes, Xia Zhu's identification of slaves is quite complicated. It's not just that they are arrested casually."

Xia Zhu also had slaves, but not as many as Yu Yi. Most of them were ordinary white men who didn't need to be slaves, but they didn't have much property.

Fang Zheng thought, Xiazhu has a little "feudal" shadow, but it is too early to say that Xiazhu has entered the feudal era, and it is a matter of the Zhou Dynasty that the feudal rituals are complete, it can only be said to have a little germination and shadow.

Fang Zheng and Zifeng walked a few miles forward when they were stopped by two warriors in high armor.They stood guard in the middle of the road, and dozens of warriors were distributed behind them.Farther away, there was faint smoke from the farmland. They stopped the two vigilantly and asked, "Who are you?"

Zifeng shook the jade in his hand: "We are people who have a covenant in the west, we fled here, and want to see the head of Danyang Tun County."

Listening to Fang Zheng's voice, Xiazhu people's armor is very heavy, maybe they are covered with copper, such iron-like equipment, although it is inconvenient to pursue, but as a defense, it is impeccable.

After seeing the jade carvings, the two Xia Zhu warriors let them go very quickly, and told them to go to the city to find a contact person. In Fang Zheng's opinion, it was unbelievably reasonable.

"Kaiyao." After they walked away, Zifeng said in a low voice.

"what?"

"The army of the Xiazhu people, one is called the armored army, they are just like them, they are dressed like copper blocks, and they are specially stationed at the main roads. In fact, they have no attack power. The other is called the flying badger army. No one has ever known about it. What do they look like?" Zifeng's voice was a little gloomy.

"Why?" Fang Zheng asked curiously.

"Xiazhu people believe that force needs to be concealed." Zifeng's tone was a little irritated, "They are very hypocritical. They never openly reward warriors and winners. The Flying Badger Army killed many enemies and rebellious tribes—in the dark, but There is no honor. The honor of the Xiazhu people is given to Situ Siping who is in charge of farming and production... They pretend that they don't value force very much."

"Pretending?" Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"In fact, both armored servants and flying badgers are very powerful. The tribes that rebelled against Xiazhu a few years ago were crushed overnight. The Xiazhu people did not take people back to their country as slaves. No one is left alive. It must have taken a lot of effort to train such two armies, so no one dares to mess with them. Moreover, the Flying Badger Army operates in secret, and the Xiazhu people themselves do not know who the Flying Badger Army is. , so everyone is very disciplined, for fear that one day they will be wiped out."

Fang Zheng rubbed his chin and thought, this is quite a scheming and efficient management method, and he asked again: "So Yu Yi is the opposite? Warriors are always supported openly. But from another perspective, maybe the reason for not making it public is to Protect……"

"Of course it's for protection, so it can be used for a longer time." Zifeng said irritably, "but a real warrior is not afraid of challenges. And that feeling——"

Zifeng can't sum it up. In Yuyi, the stronger the warrior, the more praise and respect he can get at the same time. Yuyi has a strict hierarchy, and the status of slaves is low. He dare not even breathe in front of honored warriors. He wants to be a brave man every day. Sacrificial prayer.But it's also deserved.Therefore, it has the praise of "heroic youth, all out of the East".

Go through life and death, become powerful, conquer distant lands, and then gain honor, and have the right to speak in the political ecology.Zifeng thought to himself that a warrior deserves to be treated like this.But in Xiazhu, ordinary people are very indifferent to warriors and brave men. They enjoy protection with peace of mind, but they don't even give respect and blessing to each other.

Zifeng concluded indifferently, "Probably because when the Flying Badger Army was established more than ten years ago, their leader was a traitor who was humble, shameless, trampled on honor, and always hid in darkness."

Fang Zheng heard the strong hatred in "Lian Feng"'s voice, and asked, "Who is it? Do you know him?"

Zifeng hesitated, and finally sighed, "He belongs to the Fengshan family, his name is Meng. He is very old now. I haven't seen him, but... everyone knows that he is a villain."

Everyone knew that the man who assassinated his mentor was also Zifeng's mentor...

Fang Zheng felt a little familiar for a while, but he didn't remember it.

Fang Zheng followed Zifeng and continued to the interior of Danyangtun County, and gradually heard the noise around him. In addition to the sound of farm work and people talking, there was also a lively sound of people gathering and exchanging things.It's like a market in later generations.

Fang Zheng paid attention, and said to Zifeng, "Pay attention, is there any Tao that can be exchanged?"

If you can't find "Floating Immediately", you can find an ordinary Xiazhu person who can make pottery.

Zifeng shook his head and said, "This kind of exchange will never happen."

In fact, this is just a place where some Xiazhu people in the nearby villages exchanged living expenses and food. Most of them were grains and fruits, a few stone axes at most, and some prey skulls and teeth.

Zifeng saw a pile of rhinoceros horns in front of a Xiazhu man, and led Fang Zheng over, saying, "Brother Zheng, aren't you collecting horns? How about these?"

"This is not an ordinary rhinoceros, this is the horn of Si." The Xiazhu hunter said triumphantly, "It took a lot of effort to hunt it."

Fang Zheng already has a horn, which is not uncommon, but as a habit, he still touched it with his hands, and he found a notch on the corner that looked like a mixture of a pig and a snake, and asked in confusion: "What is this? "

"Belonging mark." Xiazhu Orion looked at their appearance, and said with a smile: "You don't understand, people who have the ability to do this, engrave things with a mark of belonging, so that they are not afraid of being stolen by others, and they will always be His."

Fang Zheng's expression changed, and based on his memory, he picked up a branch and drew a little chicken on the ground. He couldn't see the crooked drawing, and asked, "Do you know what this is?" Xiazhu Orion said with a complicated expression, " This is so scribbled by you that I can't recognize it."

In fact, I dare not admit it. In Xiazhu, who knows if the Flying Badger Army will hear the blatant mention of Yu Yi's logo?

Zifeng also quickly wiped away the dirt marks carved by Fang Zheng with his feet, and led Fang Zheng forward.He has complicated feelings in his heart, Fang Zheng still remembers the pattern on the horn after so long?He leaned into Fang Zheng's ear and said cautiously: "Brother Zheng, that's Yu Yi's mysterious bird, this is Xia Zhu, it's best not to mention it in a crowded place, I thought you should know..."

Fang Zheng was shocked: "That's actually a bird?"

Fang Zheng thought carelessly, but he also blamed Zifeng's poor drawing skills, like a ghost drawing talisman, he didn't connect with the opponent's national talisman at all, and thought it was some kind of word.Fang Zheng pricked up his ears to listen, but it was too noisy nearby, and he didn't know if he was heard.Fortunately, the Orion didn't seem to recognize it just now?Nothing unusual was heard nearby.

Having said that, Fang Zheng still felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart.Zifeng is more sensitive, but there are too many people here.He can only be worried and raise his vigilance...

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Far away where Fang Zheng and the others couldn't notice, three figures quickly turned into the shadows, discussing in low voices, one of them seemed to have a higher status, and the tone of voice was much more dignified than the other two.

"I can't see clearly, but it's possible..."

"What is possibility! If I didn't happen to be here on patrol today, you wouldn't be able to see—"

Those two people secretly groaned, there was a tiny symbol on the ground a stone's throw away, no matter how good their eyes were, they couldn't understand everything in detail.

But the adults admonish and admonish, you can only listen.This is something they usually dare not even think about. According to that level and normal promotion speed, most of the big men in the Flying Badger Army will never see each other in their lifetime... They did see each other's ability today. Then quickly locked the target a stone's throw away, saw the abnormality, and made arrangements without hesitation.

"The black bird symbol is secondary, that person—" the "big man" whose face was hidden in the shadows gritted his teeth, "the face has become very strange, but that figure—you must keep an eye on it, it's too similar , It’s too similar! If there is a chance, I would rather kill by mistake—”

Those few people were trembling, listening to the disgusted voice of the "adult" continue to order, "It must be killed!" What they didn't know was the fear of the turbulent waves in the other party's heart.I still shudder thinking about it.

——Lian Zifeng, how can you live!