Nongmen Shenjue

At noon, the group ate at Shi Dahu's house.

Shi Dahu's house has a yard surrounded by a wooden fence, a stone foundation, and a wooden house, all of which are based on this material.There are two brothers in his family, his father and mother are still alive, both brothers are married, Shi Dahu already has a pair of children, the house is very lively when he comes back.It's a pity that this time he came back temporarily, Shi Dahu didn't bring any sweets and cakes, the children were not to mention disappointed.

It takes a day for a healthy adult to walk out of the mountain from Shan'ao Village, after all, they don't have any horses and vehicles, and they walk all by their legs.It takes another day to enter the county again, so many people have never been out of the mountains in their entire lives.Even the shopkeepers would not come to such a remote mountain village, but some fur merchants would come and bring some things for barter.

If you ask why there is no grocery store in this village, the reason is simple.

Most of the mountain people are simple and simple, and there are few people in the village. Everyone is either related to relatives or has known each other since childhood. They are not ashamed to earn money from the villagers.Furthermore, if someone else offered to take something as a piggyback, would he agree or refuse?

People in the village are used to going out to purchase on certain days of each month, and there are large discounts.

Farmers like to eat stewed vegetables in winter, which is simple and warm. Shan’ao Village basically lives by hunting. There are only some broken fields picked up from the front and back of the house, and they also grow some vegetables for their own food. It is winter now, and fresh vegetables are special. I think there are potatoes and cabbage, but there is a lot of meat.

Because of Shi Dahu's special instructions, Shi Jiadan steamed a small pot of rice and boiled egg soup for them.

Mu Qingyan had a full meal and planned to leave some money for the Shi family when he left.

"Would you like to take a break?" Wen Jixue stood in the yard observing the surrounding mountains, and then asked Father Shi some things about the mountains.

Father Shi is an old hunter with rich experience. He not only told them which mountain has more prey and what habits, but also told them where the hunters set traps.The people in the village are basically hunters, hunting not only with bows and arrows, but also with traps.Everyone has their own territory, and the traps they set will be marked, and others will avoid them when they see them.It is a convention that the prey in someone else's trap cannot move.

Knowing that they wanted to hunt deer, Father Shi pointed to a mountain in the distance: "That mountain is called Fengtouling, and there is a hot spring cave, and that area will grow green grass in winter, and there are deer nearby that love to graze. It's just you If you want to go, don't cross the Suishi River, even though you haven't reached the top of the Qi family's mountain, that area is still guarded by the Qi family, and no one is allowed to go there at will."

Mu Qingyan was slightly surprised. After all, according to what Old Man Shi said, the top of Qijia Mountain is far from Fengtouling, and there is a flat forest in the middle. The range is quite wide, and the important thing is that there is no owner.What the Qi family did was tantamount to dividing the forest into two with the stream as the boundary, and no idlers were allowed to enter.

This move is indeed unpleasant, but it is not an exaggeration to say that it is overbearing.

After all, the Qi family grows medicinal herbs, and the other party can say that they set up a buffer zone to protect the growth of medicinal herbs.

After resting for half an hour, we entered the mountain again.

This time go straight to Fengtouling!

On the way, I shot two hares, and prepared to make dinner with the rabbits if I didn't meet a deer.This time they don't have to sleep in the cave either, there is a hunter's cabin on Fengtouling.

"Go and clean up the cabin first." Wen Jixue sent Gao Tian and Shi Dahu away.

Mu Qingyan followed behind him. This place is very close to the place where deer come and go, and he can vaguely see a bright light in front of the forest, which is a stream.That stream is where the deer herd drink water, but the deer herd will not come at this moment. According to Old Man Shi, the deer herd should be grazing. If there is no grassland, we can only wait until tomorrow.

The activities of deer herds are indeed regular, but there is more than one place for them to drink water and graze, and they will switch according to the situation.

Continue to move forward, the white snow in the forest gradually disappears, and the ground is covered with withered grass or mud. If you continue to move forward, you can see a little bit of greenery exposed on the black ground, not much, but it looks very gratifying in winter.This is precisely because of the hot springs around the ground, and the high temperature promotes the germination of grass roots.With more and more greenery, the closer to the hot spring cave, the higher the temperature here, but the grass disappeared instead.

Wen Jixue turned her head slightly, listened for a while, and raised her hand to gesture to Mu Qingyan.

Mu Qingyan understood and immediately stood still.

Wen Jixue made a detour and walked along the undulating rocks towards the other side, her footsteps were extremely light, making almost no sound.Wen Jixue searched for a while, determined the target, raised her hand, and a sharp arrow flew out. There was a scream, followed by hooves sprinting, and a group of deer fled into the depths of the forest in panic.

Mu Qingyan followed with his eyes. After all, it was the first time he saw a herd of wild deer, and there were still a few small deer in it.

Turning his gaze, Wen Jixue had already dragged a stag over, the arrow pierced the neck precisely, and there was not much bleeding.

On the other side of the wooden house, the firepit was already on fire, and Shi Dahu was very surprised to see the hunting buck.Many people who often hunt in the forest have seen deer, but the deer are very alert and often run away before drawing their bows.Shi Dahu took over the processing work, and peeled off a complete piece of deer skin, as well as the horns of the male deer. Wen Jixue was not interested in the others, and they came here for the venison in the first place.

"Master Wen, this is deer blood." Shi Dahu handed him the deer blood from the jar, knowing that venison meat and deer blood are very nourishing, so he couldn't make decisions on his own.

Wen Jixue glanced at it and asked Mu Qingyan, "Do you want to try it?"

Mu Qingyan frowned: "It's too late, I'll just eat some venison."

Everyone knows that venison is a great tonic, and deer blood wine has been famous since ancient times. If he eats too much venison, he will feel dry and flustered. How dare he touch anything else.What's more, his body is young now, he is only sixteen years old, he is young and energetic, if he eats too much and his blood surges, he will really ask for trouble.

Wen Jixue smiled, but didn't try to persuade him, she waved her hand and said to Shi Dahu: "You can deal with the deer blood."

Shi Dahu didn't dare to eat it, but he was also reluctant to waste it, so he simply covered the jar, stuffed it into the snow to freeze, and planned to take it home tomorrow.Let's deal with the deerskin briefly. As for the venison for dinner, Gao Tian is making it.This time they brought a piece of cabbage, which can be used to cook a vegetable soup and roast the venison.

Mu Qingyan didn't pay attention and ate a bit too much.

"Go out for a walk?" Wen Jixue suggested.

"Yeah." Mu Qingyan was very interested in the hills of Qi's family, since he met them all, he just happened to go and have a look.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the forest was even quieter.

Coming out of the wooden house, there was a gust of cold wind. Mu Qingyan had just finished eating venison and drinking hot soup. His whole body was warm, but he felt that the cold wind was very refreshing.Wen Jixue took off the cloak and asked him to wear it obediently.

"It's really not cold at all." Mu Qingyan tried to refuse.

"No, you just ate, but the heat dissipated after walking for a while." Wen Jixue knew that it was because she ate too much venison, but she couldn't be careless.

Mu Qingyan had no choice but to compromise: "I want to go and see the Qi family's mountain."

"I guessed that you couldn't help it." Wen Jixue chuckled, reached out to hold his hand: "There are many grass roots and thorns in the mountains, I will support you, and be careful not to trip your feet."

"No, I can see clearly." Different from the previous touch, Wen Jixue's hand was as hot as a branding iron to him at this time, his whole body was hot, and he was already a little ready to move, but he didn't dare to add fuel to the fire.

Seeing him withdrawing his hand as if electrocuted, Wen Jixue laughed again: "Okay, you can watch your feet."

The two walked side by side without talking.

In half an hour, the two walked to the edge of the stream, and in the night, the stream reflected silver light.Looking only with eyes, the forest on the opposite side was pitch black.

"Go with me?" Wen Jixue asked knowingly.

"Inconvenient?" Mu Qingyan asked back.Because he had the experience of being led to fly by his lightness kung fu, and knew that he had strong inner strength, so he preferred to see it with his own eyes.However, it's winter now, so I wear a little thicker clothes.

"It's not inconvenient, but you have to cooperate obediently and don't move around." Wen Jixue put on the snow cap on his cloak, pressed the cloak tightly on one side, stretched his arm from the other side to wrap around the waist, lightly tiptoed Just skimmed the stream.

Although it is more convenient to walk directly above the forest, but the target is conspicuous, if there are people on the top of the Qi family's hill, they can move at a glance.Therefore, Wen Jixue led him around in the forest.

Mu Qingyan was afraid that it would affect him, so he didn't dare to move lightly. He could only hear the sound of the wind. He looked over his shoulder and saw the black tree shadow retreating rapidly.The two were too close, the heat on their bodies remained high, and the other's breathing and heartbeat became more and more clear, but he couldn't help getting closer.

Damn venison!

A drop of sweat slipped from his forehead, Mu Qingyan was annoyed, he suppressed all kinds of messy thoughts, activated his supernatural powers, and tried to dispel the roiling heat in his body.

"Someone!" Wen Jixue's lips suddenly pressed against his ear, and the voice made his heart tremble.

Mu Qingyan had to doubt the other party's intentions.

At this moment, the two had already landed, and under the cover of the night and trees, they could see the fire ahead.It was a piece of wild grass with low bushes growing. Two people were holding torches to light it up, and another two were digging a hole. There was a person lying motionless on the ground. Combined with the actions of other people, it was estimated that the person was dead. up.

"Be quick!" the torchbearer scolded, and raised the whip in his hand, and slapped the digger on the back.The man trembled, not even daring to cry out for pain, but bent his waist even lower.

If you look closely, the two men holding the torches are both wrapped in leather jackets, with sheepskin caps on their heads, a leather bag hanging around their waists, and cotton boots on their feet.The two people who dug the pit were dressed in white, shabby and dirty cotton robes, with messy hair.

The pit was dug quite deep. After digging, the dead were thrown in and filled with soil.

"This damn weather, it's too cold!" One person took off the skin bag from his waist, opened the stopper and took a few mouthfuls.

There was a smell in the air, it was spirits!

After burying the people, the four left.

The two of them followed behind secretly, and saw the four people walking for a while, and a wooden house appeared in front of them.There was a fire in the wooden house, and some people were inside. When they saw them coming back, they moved the wooden table in the middle, and a large wooden board was pressed under it. When it was lifted, a downward staircase was revealed.

The Shaoqing wooden table was restored to its original position, and there were only two guards left in the wooden house.

The Qi family indeed has a big secret.

The author has something to say: the next chapter will puncture it, how about a mandarin duck bath? (*^▽^*)