Sitting on the giant beast were a man and a woman, both young. The boy was about the same age as Shu Yan, and the girl was slightly younger. The young man said to Shu Yan and others: "Quick, it's dangerous down there, come up quickly."

Shu Yan glanced at the giant beast. He wanted to send Zhixin up first, but he didn't know where to get up. He asked the young man: "Brother, how can you get up to this mythical beast so high?"

The young man suddenly realized: "Oh, I forgot in my hurry just now. You Central Plains people have never seen an elephant. You sit on the elephant's trunk one by one, hold the tusks steady, and it will send you up with a slight roll of its trunk."

Shu Yan suddenly realized that this was the legendary elephant. He did as the young man said and put Zhixin on the trunk of the elephant. Zhixin did not dare to sit on it. Shu Yan had no choice but to put Ruo Xin on it.

Xin was sent up first. Ruoxin felt that this giant beast was new and fun, and she had no fear at all. Sure enough, the elephant gently rolled its trunk and sent Ruoxin up. The boy and the girl followed, gently

Put it on the elephant's back.

Seeing her brother sitting on it safely, Zhixin felt relieved. Shu Yan was afraid of the wolves' counterattack, so he urged: "Hurry up, don't be afraid." Shu Yan helped her sit on the elephant's trunk. This elephant was not a wild elephant.

It has been domesticated and is very popular. It seems to know that this girl has some

He was timid, so his movements were more gentle and gentle than last time. Zhixin was sent to him, and Shu Yan finally sat on the elephant's trunk and was instantly lifted onto the elephant's back. He had only heard of elephants before, and they were extremely powerful, but he had never heard of them.

I have seen it before, and it seems that it really lives up to its reputation. Even the nose has such power.

The wolves watched helplessly as the three people were rescued by the giant beast, but they were helpless. The wolves did not know the elephants. They were only as big as the elephant's calves and could not pose a threat to the elephants.

He left timidly.

Five people rode down the mountain on the back of an elephant. The elephant's back was broad and stable. With five people and a few packages on board, it was not too crowded.

Zhixin knew that she was finally out of danger, so she hurriedly asked Shu Yan: "Brother Yan, how is your injury?"

Shu Yan said: "It's okay, it's just a skin injury."

Zhixin knew that his injury was not serious, and since there were so many people around, it was difficult to ask further questions.

Shu Yan saluted the young man on the elephant's back and said, "Thank you, brother, for saving your life. If it weren't for brother and this sister, the three of us would have fallen into the wolf's mouth by now."

The young man returned the courtesy and said: "How can you walk around the world without saving someone? Although our etiquette in South Vietnam is not as good as that in the Central Plains, the way of human nature is known to the whole world."

"Is Xiongtai from South Vietnam?"

"Yes, since the Jin Dynasty destroyed Sun Hao of the Wu Kingdom, we South Vietnam also surrendered to the Jin Dynasty. Now we are all subjects of the Jin Dynasty."

When Shu Yan heard this, he said happily: "Now we are one family from all over the world, which is really a good thing. I heard that South Vietnam has a vast territory. I wonder where Xiongtai is from, and what is his surname?"

"I am from Jiaozhi County, Jiaozhou, and my surname is Ruan Mingshan. This is my sister-in-law, named Ruan Shui. We don't have any nicknames, but it doesn't matter if we call her by our first name."

Shu Yan also announced his family name: "My surname is Shu, and my name is Yan. This little brother's surname is Han, Ruoxin. We are still young and have no cousins. This is Ruoxin's sister, whose name is Zhixin. Our two families

They are family friends."

While they were talking, they had arrived at Shujiazhuang. Ruan Shan was about to leave, and Shu Yan was not willing to give in. He had to let the Ruan brothers and sisters enter the house.

Ruan Shan declined and said: "It would be inconvenient to disturb me at night, not to mention that you people in the village have never seen an elephant like me, so I'm afraid you will be frightened."

Shu Yan refused: "I haven't repaid you for the life-saving grace. Even if I don't have the life-saving grace, you and I are both citizens of the Jin Dynasty. Brother Ruan has come all the way to my hometown, how can we not have a glass of water and wine? We have us.

The brothers and sisters are here, and the people in my hometown will only be surprised when they see an elephant, but they won't be afraid."

Seeing Shu Yan's sincerity, the Ruan brothers could not refuse, so they directed the elephant to go to Shu Yan's house. In fact, Ruan Shan wished that someone would take him in for a night. Because the journey of thousands of miles from Jiaozhi to Ruyin was very long.

It is difficult to walk, with thousands of rivers and mountains, and it is especially inconvenient to carry this huge beast. Human food is easy to deal with, but this guy has an astonishing appetite. He will eat a lot of food along the way.

The road is fine in summer, but becomes difficult in winter. The further north you go, the colder the weather becomes, the vegetation wilts, and the elephants have less to eat. They are often half hungry and half full. Today I passed by Shujiazhuang, because Shujiazhuang

There was no inn in the village, so the brothers and sisters planned to go up the mountain to find some food for the elephants and pick up some branches to keep themselves warm for the night. However, they met Shu Yan and others being surrounded by wolves.

When they arrived at Shu Yan's house, several people got off the elephant's back. Dr. Shu came out to greet Ruan Shan, Ruan Shui and Dr. Shu. Dr. Shu had seen the world and recognized the elephant at a glance. The door was narrow and low.

The elephant couldn't get in, so Dr. Shu led the elephant to the empty garden behind the house.

Shu Yan went inside first to change out of the clothes that were scratched by wolf claws, and bandaged them briefly. Knowing that South Vietnamese people are not used to eating millet and wheat, Shu Yan specially made white rice and some food and wine. Hearing about today's event

Dr. Shu was delighted by the unexpected encounter: "It's a rare fate. You young people don't have to stick to etiquette. Today, regardless of age, let's have a few drinks together."

Hearing Dr. Shu say this, everyone relaxed. Shu Yan said: "Yes, Brother Ruan and Sister Ruan came here from Jiaozhi County, thousands of miles away. They are really destined to be thousands of miles away. Let's sit down wherever we want."

Dr. Shu took the first seat. Since the others were both men and women, they could sit as conveniently as they could, so they did not talk about the main seat and the guest seat. Shu Yan, Ruoxin, Zhixin, Ruan Shui and Ruan Shan sat down one by one.

A few people were chatting while eating. Shu Yan asked: "Brother Ruan, you have traveled thousands of miles from the South China Sea. Where are you going?"

Hearing Shu Yan's question, Ruan Shan said eloquently: "The Jin Dynasty defeated Sun Hao, and all the four southern states were owned by the Jin Dynasty. I heard that the elephant was so huge that the princes in the north wanted to see it. Sun Quan, the great emperor of Wu, gave it to the prime minister

Cao Cao once presented an elephant. Now, our Emperor of the Jin Dynasty

I also wanted to see what an elephant looked like. The order was passed to Jiaozhou, and the governor of Jiaozhou ordered the prefect of Jiaozhi County to select elephant trainers to present elephants to the capital. My ancestors all trained elephants as a profession, and I have been dealing with elephants since I was born.

I can train elephants at the age of six. Both my parents are dead and I have no other relatives at home.

We had no worries, so my sister and I volunteered and took the job. On the way, we realized that the prefect’s money was not easy to come by. It turned out that the journey was so long and we alternated between land and water. It was really hard work.

I almost couldn’t hold on. But I thought if I couldn’t

Reaching Luoyang as soon as possible will inevitably implicate the governor of Jiaozhi, who will inevitably send another person. Wouldn't that cause father and son to be separated, and husband and wife to be separated? Wouldn't our brothers and sisters become sinners? So we did not dare to delay on the way.

Please reach Luoyang as soon as possible."

Shu Yan was surprised: "Oh, it turns out that Brother Ruan didn't come here just as a wanderer, but on the order of the emperor. I really admire you. Fortunately, this place is not far from Luoyang. Once you get to Luoyang, the emperor will definitely reward you."

I wonder what your brother and sister’s plans are when you arrive in Luoyang? How long will you stay?”

"We don't know what we will be like when we get to Luoyang. We don't know how long the emperor wants us to stay. Let's just take it one step at a time. Anyway, my brother and sister have nothing to worry about. Wherever we go, we will be home."

After chatting for a while, Dr. Shu smiled and said: "You guys are of the same age, why don't you talk about your teeth first? I'm full and go see the elephants." Dr. Shu is afraid that he is an old man here and a few young people are restrained.

Excuses left.

When talking about several people, Ruan Shan is the oldest, sixteen years old; Shu Yan and Zhi Xin are fifteen years old; Ruo Xin and Ruan Shui are the same age, eleven years old.

Ruoxin smiled and said: "Brother Shan, Sister Shui! Interesting!"

Zhixin looked at Ruan Shui, who was next to her. This little girl was still young, with pretty features. After a long journey, her face was a little dark. Although she was born in a South Vietnamese elephant-training family and had gone through many journeys, this girl was quite handsome.

She is steady and has a quiet and generous manner. Zhixin liked this girl and asked: "Sister Shui, it's really fate. You didn't leave the road, but you wanted to go into the mountains, and you happened to meet us and were trapped by wolves."

Ruan Shui smiled and said: "Sister Zhixin, we didn't plan to go into the mountain originally. We took the boat for a day and wanted to come down to find some food. The reason is that there is no inn in your village and it is dark, so it is inconvenient to go in with an elephant.

Zhuang, so we planned to go into the mountains to find some food for Brother Elephant, and pick up some branches to warm ourselves by the fire and ward off the cold. Unexpectedly, we encountered you surrounded by wild wolves."

"Brother Elephant? Hahaha, you guys are so interesting. You can be brothers with Elephant." Ruoxin thought it was funny.

"The two of us seem to have left our hometown, thousands of miles apart, and depend on each other. My brother and sister do not regard it as an animal, but only as our partner, just like the three brothers and sisters."

Shu Yan picked up the wine and said: "I heard that elephants are very smart animals. You treat them as relatives. I guess they must be very happy in their hearts."

Several people drank, and Zhixin helped Shui Mei serve some hot porridge: "Then you have walked such a long way, and you must have encountered a lot of poisonous insects and wild beasts, right?"

After going through this journey, and in order to meet the emperor, Shui Mei's accent changed a lot: "When there is danger, we will ride on the back of Brother Elephant. We will not be able to do anything to any poisonous insects or beasts. Even bandits will let us go if they encounter us. Once we come,

We are on the emperor's orders; secondly, we don't have much luggage; thirdly, most people don't dare to approach the elephants."

Shu Yan said: "Brother Shan and Sister Shui must have been full of surprises along the way. They have seen a lot of the world."

Ruan Shandao: "The so-called Yelang is arrogant. If you don't come out, you won't know. It turns out that the vast territory of the Jin Dynasty and the different local customs and customs are really eye-opening. Based on this, this trip is worthwhile."

After chatting for a while, Shu Yan suddenly thought: "We just ate it ourselves, what will happen to the elephant? I don't know if my grandpa has fed it anything."

Shu Yan went out to see the elephant. After they had almost eaten, they all followed him to the back of the house. When he went out, Dr. Shu was looking at the elephant and shaking his head helplessly, shaking his head and laughing. It turned out that the elephant was eating Shu Yan's winter food.

Ruan Shan rushed to stop the cabbage, but was stopped by Shu Yan: "Brother Shan, let it eat. It must not have had a full meal in several days."

Although Zhixin was unhappy because Shu Yan was injured, she couldn't help but laugh at the situation and said, "I just don't know if this cabbage is to his liking."

Seeing that its owner did not come to stop it, the elephant was not polite and ate all the cabbage in one go. Although it was not used to eating, it was not unpalatable, and it quenched both thirst and hunger, right?

After clearing the dishes, Zhixin invited Shui Mei to sleep at her house. Ruoxin stayed and slept with Brother Shan at Shu's house.

There was nothing to say all night. On the next day, people in Shujiazhuang heard that an elephant had arrived at Shuyan's house. People of all ages, including men, women and children, came over to take a look. At first, they were a little timid and watched from a distance. Then they gradually realized that the elephant was not in danger.

, I dared to touch it with my hands.

After a whole morning of fussing and lunch, the Ruan Shan brothers and sisters wanted to leave, but Shu Yan persuaded them to stay.

Ruan Shan said: "The emperor's mission is with me, so I don't dare to stay for a long time."

Shu Yan said: "Brother Shan, Sister Shui, when you go back to Jiaozhi, you must pass through Shujiazhuang. Stay a little longer and we can catch up on old times."

Ruan Shan said: "The road ahead is long, and I don't know when I will return. But there is a huge sea of ​​people. Since you and I are destined, maybe we can meet each other in a foreign country."

Shu Yan said: "I hope so."

Zhixin and Ruan Shui were also reluctant to leave. Before leaving, Zhixin saw Ruan Shui's thin clothes and gave Ruan Shui a bag of clothes.

Shu Yan saw this and said hurriedly: "Oh, Zhixin is still thoughtful. Winter has just entered, and the weather is getting colder and colder. This place is different from your South Vietnam. Winter is very cold, and it gets colder as you go north. Why are you wearing such thin clothes?

I can bear it!”

After Shu Yan finished speaking, he hurried back to the house and found some thicker clothes for Ruan Shan to put on, and brought them some dry food. The villagers in Shujiazhuang heard that elephants eat a lot, so everyone brought food to their homes.

Take out some vegetables, fruits and the like and load them on the boat for the elephants to eat on the way.

Shu Yan Zhixin and others went to the Ru River and said to the Ruan Shan brothers and sisters: "Although it is already winter, the weather has not reached its coldest yet. Brother Ruan can take advantage of the river before it freezes and take a boat along the Ru River.

All the way to near Luoyang."
Chapter completed!