He Qizhou honestly fed Xiaoxue a sip of water from a cup made of bamboo tube, and waited for her to continue. The other party followed suit and put a handkerchief on his shoulders. He didn't want to raise his hand out of the water to drink water, so He Qizhou
There is an opportunity for your eyes.
"Next is Huotang. Huotang is the main attack, because Zhou people, especially those herdsmen, are born with a useless body like you with thick veins..."
"Words! Pay attention to your words, don't ruin your fairy-like image now!" He Qizhou said anxiously.
"Fuck you! Don't interrupt! Because there are always rebellions, the ordinary Zhou army is not much stronger than those tribal warriors, so every time they go to suppress it, they will invite people from Huotang to go with them. During the battle, people from Huotang will also accompany the army.
, although they are not considered to be members of the military, their status is often still higher than that of officers at the same level. Of course, the Yulin Army and the Tornado are not counted;
Tutang just said that in the local area, smaller disturbances can be solved by Tutang alone. Each hall has a hall master, a third-rank official, and two deputy hall masters. From the third rank, there are several divisions under it.
The chief of each department is a fourth-grade captain of the Zhou Dynasty, and I guess the one accompanying Helian Changji should be at least the rank of captain."
He Qizhou asked: "Are there any general responsible officials above the five halls of Qinglong Temple?"
"Yes, there is a position of temple supervisor, but it is a fictitious position and is mostly held by clan members. The real power lies with the hall master and the chief officials of the subordinate departments. Qinglong Temple is too large and it is impossible for everyone to be loyal to the emperor.
Over the years, it has been a battlefield for the major forces of the Zhou Dynasty to compete for power, and we, Da Qi, have also placed personnel in it!"
"You know all this?" He Qizhou was a little doubtful.
"I am a frequent visitor to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War. No, distinguished guest, if you want to find an official position in the army in the future, don't forget to honor my mother!" Xu Mu was a little disdainful of He Qizhou's suspicion.
"How could such a young and seductive old lady exist? You are clearly my lady, my lady... Okay, okay, stop making trouble, stop making trouble, it's almost time to go up!" Faced with Xiaoxue who suddenly slapped him, He Qizhou still
I'm a little worried that she won't have enough energy, and the bathing time today is longer than yesterday. Although I still want to keep bathing with her like this, I'm just worried that it's not enough, and the heat poison will attack again!
After putting on her clothes, Xu Muxue was still unable to walk up the hillside. She leaned against the stone wall and said to He Qizhou: "I have talked to you so much today, how can you repay me?"
"Hug and beat? Got it, hug you and beat you." He Qizhou consciously picked up Xu Mu sideways and gently hit him on the thigh.
"Monster, look at me, Yaoer Taoist Master, subduing demons and guarding the Tao!" Xiaoxue put on the clothes that had been dried today, and the coat fit a little better than yesterday's Taoist robe, so she could let go of her hands and feet and bite He Qizhou hard.
Left ear...
There were two particularly thick firewood in the fire at night, which was enough to burn for a whole night. After accepting the influx of He Qizhou's energy, Xiaoxue felt a little warm and suggested that there was no need to hold He Qizhou anymore tonight to see if he could survive on the haystack.
After a long night, He Qizhou meditated not far away. However, when Xiaoxue woke up the next morning, she found that she was still in He Qizhou's arms. It turned out that falling into the icy lake in the middle of the night and being rescued was not a dream, but that He Qizhou had returned.
Come and hold yourself to keep out the cold.
With two days of experience and a preliminary understanding of the onset of heat and cold poison, He Qizhou can more easily arrange when Xiaoxue bask in the sun and when to go into a cave to escape the heat; when and how to take medicine; when and how to take a bath in the spring.
time to sleep; then I have more time to find food and herbs.
In the evening, when Xiaoxue woke up again from her sleep, she was pleasantly surprised to find a simple bamboo bed in the cave, covered with hay. He Qizhou said apologetically: "I saw muntjacs and wild horses in the forest today.
, there are also yellow sheep on the hillside in the distance, but it’s a pity that they don’t have bows, otherwise they could eat meat, drink soup, and sleep on leather mattresses.”
Xu Mu was actually very grateful for He Qizhou's thoughtfulness, but he couldn't help but ask: "Then what did you hit?"
"How can I, the best hunter in Bailian Mountain, return empty-handed?" After saying this, He Qizhou stretched out his right hand hidden behind his back, holding a handful of white reed roots: "I have tasted it and washed it clean.
It doesn’t smell like sulfur at all, and it’s still a little sweet. How about two sticks?”
Xiaoxue reached out and took one, took a bite and said: "Honestly, it's much more delicious than your lumps of batter, but I really admire you for being so rare. It's even more difficult to find than wild ginseng. It's extremely difficult to find and pick.
You can find reed roots everywhere. You are the number one hunter in Bailian Mountain. You are simply the number one hunter in Altai Mountain!"
"Guo Yu, Guo Yu, let's go and take you to see a nice place. Do you want me to hold you?"
"No, I can still walk two steps!"
"Well, if you can move, you should move as much as possible. Come on, let's eat while walking!"
"What the hell is this?" Xu Mu followed He Qizhou out of the triangular cave entrance. At the entrance of the cave, He Qizhou had used the snake's slough to make a door curtain. Just next to the cave entrance, the places where several large rocks were originally raised were covered with
Taking advantage of the situation, a small stone house was built, with tree branches covered with stones and leaves forming a roof. The door curtain was still made of snake slough.
"Let's go in and have a look." He Qizhou chewed a reed root, gave one to Xiaoxue, and took her into the hut.
The hut was about six feet square and seven feet high. He Qizhou pointed to a small hole two feet long and eight inches wide in the ground and said to Xu Mu: "I threw down a piece of carbon wood and looked at it. There is a natural stone crevice underneath.
It's more than ten feet deep. You can point it when it's convenient. It won't be full even after decades of use. If you're afraid of the smell, just cover it with a stone slab."
Although the two of them were squeezed into the small toilet and chewed reed roots, which made Xiaoxue want to laugh a little, but more importantly, she wanted to cry! Going to the toilet several times in two days always made herself extremely embarrassed, and He Qizhou had to find a place.
, I had to be hugged by him again, and I was worried that I would suddenly faint due to the sun and cold wind. I would have made a fool of myself at that time. Now that I have this small hut, these are no longer problems. He is such a considerate guy.
ah!
"There are snakes hanging around, so I guess wolves won't dare to come up easily. Tomorrow I will use bamboo to block the door, and then I can run farther away. The valley is very long, and I should be able to find a lot of food and medicine!"
After He Qizhou solved Xu Mu's worries, he began to truly plan his detoxification journey.
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"We can't wait any longer! We can't afford to delay Mr. Li and his brothers' injuries! There are still so many Keji people. If you wait one more day, you will lose a day's food in the desert!"
, Liu Junzhi persuaded Di Li and Zhang Mufeng, and they insisted on waiting here for one more day.
"But they have obviously collapsed the stone beam, and Tianju..." Zhang Mufeng said sadly.
"No matter what the situation is, it is difficult for us to help them. Let's go back and ask Supervisor Lu for help! Although we only know this one way in and out of the mountain, it is unlikely that so many animals will go in and out. I hope they can only use that way.
Tianju can still find other ways to escape from Chiyan's clutches!" Liu Junzhi continued to persuade.
During this extra day of waiting, Zhang Mufeng and two Keji warriors searched and waited in the stone forest for a whole day, but they did not find any trace of He Qizhou and Xu Mu, and the passage at the stone beam was also gone.
The only thing anyone found was that a number of stone pillars at the southernmost end of the passage were broken and collapsed.
"Okay, brother Dili, don't wait any longer, let's go." Zhang Mufeng said.
Di Li wanted to say something more, but he still couldn't let go of not waiting for Xu Mu to congratulate Qi Zhou. Waiting one more day was more what he and the clan leader meant, but after all, it was not an option for everyone in the clan to take risks here, so he could only agree to set off.
A team of more than a thousand people, led by seven heavenly horses, traveled southward along the path He Qizhou came from, and arrived at the southern foot of the mountain three days later without any danger.
In the lowland that had turned into a desert, he was pleasantly surprised to find groups of camels, a large number of camps and groups of Qi troops... Lu Zhenyao, who had not slept for several days, finally ushered in the sun at sunset on this day.
There are students from the Military Academy who have been missing for more than ten days, and an entire Keji tribe.
It turned out that as soon as Lu Zhenyao returned to the camp, he immediately asked the racecourse guard to send troops to requisition all the camels on the trade road, and then flew to Jiayuguan to ask for help. He gathered more than 20 camels that ran back on their own to come to the rescue first.
The violent desert half a month ago has calmed down. In the past three days, hundreds of camels have gathered at the southern foot of the Altai Mountains. Camel caravans are still coming in the future. Every day, teams of hundreds of people holding long ropes explore the mountains.
However, they found nothing before Zhang Mufeng and the others came out of the mountain.
After listening to what Zhang Mufeng said, Lu Zhenyao made a difficult decision: to suspend the search and rescue and take the Keji people back first. Because he also knew that Xu Mu and He Qizhou faced only three possibilities: to be killed, to be captured, and to escape into the mountains. The first two
Maybe so many days have passed, and it is meaningless to rescue now. The third possibility is that although rescue is also needed, the two of them have better horses, and it will be more dangerous for the rescuer to accidentally wander into the mountains.
More importantly, being able to bring back an entire tribe that was attached to the Northern Zhou Dynasty would be a great benefit to the Qi State, which was about to go to war, to boost military morale and boost morale. Therefore, these rescue camels should bring back the Keji people.
Although Lu Zhenyao was extremely worried about his junior sister and He Qizhou, he still focused on the overall situation and set out early the next morning to lead everyone back to the racecourse. The rescue team brought a large amount of medicine, and the students from the armament hall who had been treated were all in good health.
, Li Zhong was able to restrain the heat poison of Red Flame due to the exercises he learned, and he finally saved his life after being treated by Lu Zhenyao's exercises. However, he had to resign himself to fate after recovering almost 10% of his world-shattering martial arts skills.
There was also news from Zhang Cheng that the Northern Zhou Dynasty seemed to have begun to gather troops and rush towards Jiayuguan, asking Lu Zhenyao to lead this year's Armed Forces Academy students back as soon as possible;
Li Ruogu wrote a letter to his father, asking him to prepare winter pastures for the Keji people, and send people to Lanzhou to meet the Keji people of this tribe;
Lu Zhenyao submitted a letter to the Privy Council through Zhang Cheng, asking them to use secret spies lurking in the Northern Zhou Dynasty to try every means to find out whether He and Xu were arrested, and also to find out the true purpose of Helian Changji's trip;
The Armed Forces Hall and his team came here with great ambitions, but in the end they had no choice but to return to Luoyang with feelings of sadness, regret, resentment, and hope to continue their Armed Forces Hall career.