Mountains and seas can be flat

Fang Zheng didn't know the little slave Jiao's "suggestions and suggestions". He didn't care about this little thing that was rescued by accident, just like the old monkey "Sure enough beast". He didn't like this kind of cautious and flattering personality.After a long time, the little slave didn't bother him anymore, thinking about something else.

Zifeng didn't let Chang Ling and the others tell Fang Zheng what "Flowers and Dragons" meant, so Fang Zheng made indirect remarks and talked about other things first. Zi Feng didn't stop Fang Zheng from asking Chang Ling about Zu Jiang or the customs of other countries.Once Fang Zheng asked Changling, "That latent spy from Yuyi grew up with you, why does she still work for them? She is doing well in Zujiang, right?"

Chang Ling said gloomyly: "I am also suspicious, so we checked her body, and there is a scar on her body—" A gleam of hatred flashed in her eyes, "Sure enough, there is a small root in her heart. Copper chain. It is smeared with a kind of poison. If you don’t take medicine to suppress it, people will die in a few days.”

Fang Zheng thought in shock, did this Yu Yi put a knife through the copper chain when she was a child, and then sent someone to follow up regularly, connect and distribute the antidote?

Yu Yi is very skillful in wearing copper chains for people. Back then, he also put 28 copper chains on Zifeng and kept him alive.

"There are always a lot of Yuyi spies, and we can't get rid of them completely, but they actually infiltrated into the Kunxiu camp." Chang Ling's unspoken worry was that he didn't know how many "spies" were forced to...

Fang Zheng couldn't help asking: "The human heart... is so fragile, how can it wear copper chains?"

Changling had an expression of "You are ignorant now", and said proudly, "Others may not know, but Zu Jiang will know too. I heard from Mr. Xingji that there are many closed small rooms in the human heart. Wearing a copper chain , or put something in it, people will not die for a while. We will put a kind of bug in it, usually sleeping, once it wakes up..."

Before Changling finished speaking, a small knife brushed against her neck with a "swish" and nailed it to the trunk next to her.Zifeng stood not far away with a face full of coldness, Changling thought she had said too much information, so she stuck out her tongue and slipped away.

"These techniques are really scary." Fang Zheng shook his head in disbelief, muttering, and suddenly remembered that Zifeng had worn 28 copper chains, and felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.

"you……"

Fang Zheng wanted to say a few words, but he was afraid that Zifeng would suddenly go crazy, so while hesitating, Zifeng just stared at Fang Zheng with dark eyes and complicated expressions, which made him unable to see through.

Fang Zheng suddenly realized that there was no one around. He was afraid that Zifeng would take this opportunity to lean over and kiss him forcefully, so he quickly took a step back with his scalp numb, "...don't come over."

Fang Zheng took this opportunity to tell Zifeng what he kept in his heart, "I know you like me...but you left back then, I was really sad to hear your words in the bone temple. I know, People have to live, and they have to do something in order to live. But..."

Fang Zheng said slowly, "I used to be for an important person. Of course I didn't like that kind of thing, but it was also very important. It doesn't matter how hard it is or how dirty it is. I didn't betray him or go along with anyone else just to live... Unnecessarily accusing him... Do you want to say that if you survived anyway, you can come to me now and start everything again?"

"But no. Before you can tell me everything," Fang Zheng paused, "Before that, you only made me feel like a coward. If this is what you like, I don't want it."

Zifeng stood where he was, pursed his lips tightly, suddenly smiled shortly as if mocking himself, then turned and left.

Fang Zheng's heart felt a little tense for no reason, and he felt depressed and melancholy, but he didn't know why.

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Leaving the territory of Badian, they continued westward. The land they traveled did not reach Zujiang for the time being, but some untouched valleys, streams, meadows or jungles. Occasionally, there were people or animals from unknown small tribes. Not much happened. conflict,

As they went west, the road became more difficult. They often had to climb steep and high mountains. Zifeng let the elephant go, and they continued riding the fox.But there are some mountain roads that even foxes can't carry, and they must be climbed with bare hands.

Zujiang's home country is at the foot of Kunlun Mountains, and its border is only slightly bordered on the northwest of Xiazhu. The other three sides are surrounded by steep cliffs, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack.Some high mountains go straight into the sky, and there is snow on the mountains that never melts all year round. In those valleys and dense forests that are inaccessible, there are many small tribes and various rare animals that even Zu Jiang himself does not know.For defense, they will also change the camouflage of their tribe, and even change part of the landscape.In addition, Zu Jiang was very careful not to set up a fixed entrance and exit passage, so Zifeng and the others did not take the same path as when they came, only relying on the stars and the sun to point.

Fang Zheng also wondered why Zifeng didn't recruit Zhu Luan this time, but then thought that there were five or six people here, and Zhu Luan must not be able to carry them.And as Zhu Luan is Yu Yi's divine bird, the people of Zu Jiang might feel a little jealous.

One night, they found a bush, pulled up a rope net, sprinkled medicine powder around it, and arranged a shift to prepare for a rest.Fang Zheng squatted down and looked at the tree trunk, pointing: "It doesn't seem right."

It was a beech about the thickness of a bowl, a very common low-quality wood, and no creature would like to perch or chew on it.Changling came over and didn't see anything unusual for a long time, so she turned to Zifeng for help.Zifeng looked up thoughtfully, with a hint of confusion on his expression.

It's night now, Fang Zheng pointed to the starry sky outside and said, "The Big Dipper spoon is on the left, and Tanlang is on the right. This place faces south to north, and the light is from east to west. The beech likes shade, and the direction of dryness and wetness is opposite to that of the tree crown."

Plants have to carry out photosynthesis, so the crown of plants is generally sunny, but the beech is the opposite.This tree is facing the sun, and Fang Zheng pointed to the root of its trunk and said, "It's not natural here, this tree may..."

He held the trunk with both hands and lifted it up. Without much effort, he actually pulled the trunk down, but instead of rooting it up, it was like lifting a cover, revealing a hollow trunk.

"...I'm afraid it was safe."

In the middle of the hollow tree trunk, there is a wooden utensil with double rings hidden. I don't know what it is for.

"But..." Chang Ling's face gradually turned pale, "This beech forest is facing this way..."

Fang Zheng smiled lightly, "Then pull them all out."

The mobility of the elite fighters is really not covered. After a short time, they pulled out all the abnormal trunks of this beech forest. Most of the utensils with double rings were hidden inside, and some small pots or Brass gadgets, oddly shaped and of unknown use.

Zifeng knocked a few times and compared a series of hand gestures. Changling struggled to identify: "You mean...someone...found us...in order to hide...to hide..."

Fang Zheng was puzzled. According to his hearing ability, if someone was nearby before, he should turn around and be heard by Fang Zheng, but in fact he didn't feel it.Fang Zheng thought about it for a while, or what kind of animal sent the message?

The little slave Jiao saw the double-headed round utensil and said: "I know this, it is a thing for catching colorful double-headed birds, someone enshrined one at the salt water sacrifice in Badian, I saw it from afar. "

"Colorful double-headed bird?" Chang Ling knew, but this kind of bird loves heat, so it couldn't survive in Zu Jiang's territory. "It's true that some small tribe catch this bird. It seems that there is a tribe nearby."

Suddenly there was a buzzing sound, and a large net bag suddenly fell from the sky. Fang Zheng raised his head in shock. He felt that the most incredible thing in the world had appeared——

a car".

It was a wooden flying car with a very strange shape, resembling a flying bird. The body seemed to be woven with countless thorns, and there were many gears inside and outside. There was a long piece of wood in front of the seat, and an open sail was hung on it.On all sides of the car, there are red and yellow two-headed birds flying.And under the "body", a large net woven with hemp rope was spread.

Sitting on the "speeding car" is a man with a disability, only one hand, and a pattern of eyes in the center of his head.

Fang Zheng stretched out a small piece of poison on the net rope, the poison corrosion gradually spread, the rope net was easily broken, and they got out of the hole.Zifeng pulled out the top end of the rope net, with great strength, he held the "speeding car" tightly.

The people on the "speeding car" were visibly flustered, he couldn't help urging the two-headed birds, trying to hoist Zifeng up.

A big fox climbed up the straight rope and ran to the side of the "speeding car" to bite the two-headed birds, and was pecked by them chirping.But the double-headed bird also flew unevenly because of this, causing the speeding car's center of gravity to be skewed all of a sudden. When it turned sideways, the man screamed, Zifeng pulled suddenly, and the speeding car fell to the ground together with the snare.

The man fell to the ground along with the car, and the two-headed bird was also quite frightened, but it couldn't get away, staggering as if trying to hoist the speeding car up again.Changling and the others quickly dragged the man out. The man didn't have any defensive weapons on him, and he didn't seem to have any force. He panicked and sat on the ground with his head downcast.

"Are you..." Fang Zheng was a little excited, and tentatively asked, "A person from Qigong Kingdom?"

That is a very famous race in the "Shan Hai Jing". They can build magical flying cars, catch two birds, they are rumored to have three eyes and one arm, and they work hard every day.Fang Zheng didn't expect to see the truth one day. There really are "speeding cars" in this world, although they are hoisted by birds.

The man opened his mouth and said hesitantly: "I'm from a strange arm, not some... country?" He looked very frightened, "Please do me a favor, I didn't throw the net down on purpose, I was afraid of you... well, we They all buried things...how did you find out?"

Fang Zheng couldn't help but asked: "You saw us in this car before? You flew very high, I didn't feel it, so far away, how did you see it? What is this?"

He discovered that there was a cylindrical thing at the front of the flying car, and a piece of white almost transparent jade was inlaid at the end.

The odd-armed man looked at Fang Zheng with some surprise, "This is our far-sighted device."

Fang Zheng couldn't believe it, this is the prototype of the later telescope.There are also these two speeding cars, the two-headed bird is probably not all powered, there are so many gears and thorns on it, and the big sail that uses the wind.

Fang Zheng recalled that the "car" appeared very early in ancient times, and there were legends about "driving a car" in the Fuxi and Huangdi periods.Although the odd-armed man car looks like a fantasy in the Shan Hai Jing, it seems that it is not impossible to create it by combining the technology of animal domestication in this era and their use of gold and stone materials.While Fang Zheng was amazed again, the interest in his eyes became more and more intense. It is rumored that the Qihuren also has the mythical beast Ji Liang, and will make many exquisite machines. He really wants to see it.

The curious gaze made the Qigong man even more uneasy, and he said with a mournful face, "Let us go... After hiding for decades, there is no longer a peaceful life."

Zifeng observed that Fang Zheng seemed to be very interested, so he didn't care about the pitiful expression of the Qigong man. After gesturing, Chang Ling grabbed his collar and said, "Let's go, go to your territory, don't worry, we won't What will happen."

That odd man didn't believe it, but he was like a soft-legged shrimp that had been peeled off the speeding car, and he couldn't have any objections at all. His face was full of pain, and he looked like he was about to lure wolves into the house and be attacked.Fang Zhengyu couldn't bear to see it, and wanted to communicate with him, but the odd-armed man dodged in shock.

So Fang Zheng asked kindly, "Do all of you Qigong people only have one hand? Why did you cut off the other hand?"

He could tell that it was the mark of an amputation, not that he was born with one hand.

The odd-armed man's face froze, his lips trembled, and he whispered, "That's our... curse, if you don't cut off that hand, it will become a monster."