wild trail

Chapter 386 The Westward Expedition
"Husband, people are coming!"

Lin Shilang glanced at Wu Feng indifferently, and sneered, "The number one scholar condescends to come here, the Lin family is very honored!"

Wu Feng was a little embarrassed when he heard the words, he cupped his hands and said: "Lin Shilang, it was my fault before, today I really came to propose marriage, and I hope Lin Shilang can forgive me for my previous offense."

"Oh, offend, what status is Wu Zhuangyuan, how could he offend me?" Lin Shilang sneered.

Having said that, in Lin Shilang's heart, he still liked Wu Feng very much. This young man was definitely an outstanding talent among his peers. The circle cutting technique he developed was even praised by Wang Lang.

But before this kid lost his face, he still wanted to let out this breath in his heart.

"Lin Shilang was joking. You are an important minister of the court. I am just a junior student. In front of you, I can only be a junior." After speaking, he glanced at Lin Xin who was kneeling beside her, and suddenly knelt beside her, saying: "Lin Shilang, Madam Lin, I really like Lin Xin, please marry Lin Xin to me."

Lin Shilang squinted his eyes, stared at Wu Feng, and said, "Go back!"

Wu Feng's expression darkened upon hearing this.

Lin Xin knelt in front of Lin Shilang and begged, "Father, please help us."

"Shut up!" Lin Shilang gave Lin Xin a cold look.

"Wu Zhuangyuan, it's not that easy to marry my daughter." Lin Shilang said in a deep voice.

"I also ask Lin Shilang to express it!" Wu Feng arched his hands and said.

"Heh, if you can make great contributions to the imperial court within two years and worship the fourth rank, I will fulfill you."

After Wu Feng listened, he suddenly felt that Lin Shilang was deliberately making things difficult for him.

He is only a fifth-rank official now, and he has skipped two levels in two years, which has never happened in the history of Xia Kingdom, and the difficulty can be imagined.

A fourth-rank official is a high-ranking member of the government, and if he is promoted to another level, he will be a court official. Those are the most noble people in the Xia Kingdom. How can I achieve such a high achievement in such a short period of time.

Seeing Wu Feng's surprised expression, Lin Shilang squinted his eyes and said: "If you can't do it, there is no need to talk about it. Don't harass Lin Xin anymore. For the sake of being an official in the same dynasty, I won't make things difficult for you. Let's go back!"

Wu Feng gritted his teeth, seeing Lin Xin looking at him expectantly, he couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart.

"Lin Shilang, don't worry, I agree to this condition, and Wu will become a fourth-rank official within two years." Wu Feng said solemnly.

Lin Shilang didn't speak but just sneered.

Wu Feng got up slowly, and bowed to Lin Shilang and Mrs. Lin: "Wu is leaving, and I hope you will keep this promise."

Glancing at Lin Xin, he said, "Xin, don't worry, I will definitely marry you."

Lin Xin smiled and nodded.

Wu Feng cupped his hands to Lin Shilang, and walked towards the courtyard gate with a solemn expression.

Lin Shilang looked at Wu Feng's leaving back, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he muttered to himself: "My boy, I want to see how you do it."

western prairie.

Zhou Yu's team traveled a long distance along the way and did not know how far they had traveled.

That mountain range doesn't look far away on the map, but it's extremely difficult to get there.

The exhausted expedition team has been staying by a small stream for three days, and the food they brought before departure has already been eaten. During this time, the team members can only move forward while hunting, and life is extremely difficult. .

A fire was lit by the creek, and the team members sat around together, silently eating the fish they caught during the day. No one spoke. After dinner, the team members on night duty consciously guarded the surroundings with weapons.

Lying on the ground, Zhou Yu tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. Looking at the starry night sky, Zhou Yu got up and opened his backpack, and took out the diary issued to everyone by the Ministry of Rites.

By the light of the fire, Zhou Yu began to write:
"In the 11th year of the Ancestor, on May [-]rd, we have basically left the scope of activities of the Xia Kingdom. There are no people here, and there are terrible beasts everywhere. We don't know how long it will take to reach the destination. Yesterday, Li Qiang fell ill. According to our judgment, he must have caught a cold. He took some medicine during the day, and his condition improved a little. I don’t know if these companions will still be alive when we go back. The wild world is terrible. How did we survive in this environment? Now that we have sharp weapons, it is extremely difficult to deal with those terrifying beasts. We will stay here for a few days in the next few days until Li Qiang gets sick. Well, we can move on."

Zhou Yu closed the diary, carefully put it in the backpack, took out a book, and read it carefully by the light of the fire.

The team members didn't say much about Zhou Yu's behavior. They are all students, and they all hope to be named in the gold list in the future. Although this exploration and discovery plan can add points for themselves, what is more important is their own knowledge level. During the break, they will exchange old books Learning experience has become a way for the players to have fun.

In the early morning, the breeze blew, and the people who had been lying on the grassland all night were inevitably covered with dew. When the breeze blew, they suddenly felt cool.

Zhou Yu shivered, got up and walked to the river to wash his face, to wake himself up.

"How is Li Qiang?" The captain asked Zhou Yu.

"I took a look just now, and the fever seems to have subsided, and it's probably getting better soon." Zhou Yu said slowly.

The captain nodded and said: "Let's rest here for another day and replenish supplies. We will continue on our way tomorrow. You will stay here with four people to guard the camp. I will catch some prey with the others."

"Captain, don't worry, I will be optimistic about this place."

"Well, let's wake everyone up, and we'll act after we eat."

The breakfast was very simple, one grilled fish per person, and a few grilled bird eggs, which barely filled their stomachs.

The captain left two other people and Zhou Yu and Li Qiang to guard here, and took most of the men out to hunt.

There are many wild beasts on this grassland. Since humans occupied the east, a large number of wild beasts began to migrate to the west, making the species here suddenly richer.

Naturally, everyone would not look for those ferocious carnivores as their hunting targets. There are a large number of herbivores wandering around here.

Animals in hordes are almost like an easy-going delicacy.

More than a dozen expedition members searched for a long time, and finally found a small group of wild beasts. This group of wild beasts is a small mammal, about the size of a wild boar. As long as one is captured, it will be enough for the team members' rations for several days.

After living in the wild for this period of time, everyone's hunting skills have been greatly improved, and it can be said that hunting this kind of animal is not difficult.

Several archers are responsible for shooting and wounding the prey, and spearmen and sword and shield players are responsible for hunting down the prey.

More than a dozen hunters lurk in the grass, approaching their prey cautiously.

The beasts are very vigilant, as long as they find something abnormal, the prey they have got will fly away.

The captain raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, and pointed to a target among the wild beasts.

The three archers nodded, and the rest dispersed to prepare for the hunt.

The archer bent down to try to hide his figure, and when he was more than 20 meters away from the prey, several people suddenly rushed out from the grass.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The three arrows roared and went straight to the target.

Although the archery skills of the three were much inferior to those of professional soldiers, but with such a short distance and the three of them attacking a target together, with a cry of grief, everyone knew they had succeeded.

The frightened prey began to flee in a panic, and the shot prey, bleeding blood, followed the team and ran for its life in a panic.

After a loud whistle, the lurking team members took their weapons and started chasing them.

The injured prey, due to continuous blood loss, was gradually left behind by the herd, uttering desperate wailings.

The team members speeded up and quickly shuttled through the waist-high grass.

Gradually, the prey couldn't run anymore, lying on the ground and looking at the companions who were gradually going away, his eyes were full of despair.

Seeing the prey stopped, everyone was overjoyed, and their speed increased a bit, and more than a dozen people surrounded the poor prey.

Such a plump prey greatly boosted morale, and the captain drew his waist knife.

"Bring a kettle here, this blood can't be wasted, let's save some salt." The captain said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, one person quickly took an empty water bottle from his waist and handed it to the captain.

The desperate prey wanted to struggle to stand up from the ground, but the two arrows stuck in it were missing, making it unable to stand up at all. Facing the imminent death, it could only scream endlessly.

Asking a few people to hold the prey firmly, the captain cut its throat with a sharp waist knife, and asked people to quickly put the water bottle on the wound.

The gushing blood flowed into the kettle, and the bright red blood splashed all over the man's hands.

After receiving two jugs full of blood, the blood gradually decreased a lot.

The team members quickly disemboweled the prey and took out the intestines, leaving only the heart and liver, and the rest of the internal organs were left in place.

The internal organs are too troublesome to eat, and there are no good conditions now, they are just roasted, and the taste is hard to swallow.

Only more than 100 kilograms of prey were left after the internal organs were removed. After the limbs of the prey were tied up, two team members carried them and walked towards the camp.

They didn't dare to delay here. After a long time, the carnivorous beasts would come smelling blood, and then there would be trouble.

The team members are naturally not afraid of individual beasts, but some carnivores appear in groups. If they encounter hyenas, wolves or dinosaurs, although they are not completely helpless, unless there is no other way, Nobody wants to wrestle with these beasts.

The camp was safe and sound, and Li Qiang's body recovered very well, so far it seems that there is no problem at all.

The hunting team had a good harvest, and everyone worked together to save the food eaten today, and smoke the rest, so that the food could be preserved for a longer period of time.

On this creek, the expedition spent the last night and continued westward.

The grassland is very vast, and apart from sporadic trees with strange shapes, there is almost no change in the surrounding scenery.

There were still no mountains in front of them, which made the team members a little discouraged. There will be no valuable things found on this grassland. These wandering animals have no records at all except as supplies for the team members. Needless to say, the breeding industry in the Xia Kingdom has already developed, and every household will raise a few livestock, and the existence of wild animals is only as a supplement to food.

After walking for more than ten days, the surrounding scenery finally changed. The grassland in front of it was no longer the same, and the number of trees gradually increased. Although it did not reach the level of a jungle, the density was quite considerable.

In this hot weather, with trees for shade, the team members finally don't have to endure the scorching sun.

Leaning under a big tree, Zhou Yu opened the kettle and drank a little water. There was not much water in the kettle, and he had to save it until he found a new water source.

When everyone was resting for a while, the captain took out the compass from the bag, looked at the direction, and wrote something on the blank booklet with charcoal.

Zhou Yu glanced over there, then looked away, he knew that the captain must be recording the route and discoveries during this period, which is the duty of every expedition leader.

After everyone rested for a while, the captain called the team members to his side and said, "Today is May 300th, and it has been almost two months since we left Xiaguo. Wrong, now we are about [-] miles away from Dingbei City. There are several small hills in front of this small forest. If I guessed correctly, we should have reached our first place after climbing over these small hills. target point."

Hearing that they finally arrived at their destination, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Although they were still in the wild, once they got there, they could build a place to live. As for exploring the surroundings, that would be a later matter. At least it was better than lying on the grass. Be comfortable.

"Captain, how long are we going to stay here?" Someone asked.

"It depends on the situation. If we find something useful in this area, we will naturally stay for a longer period of time. If we find nothing within two months, we will leave here. After recording the terrain here, continue Heading towards the west, there is said to be a very wide river in the west. After crossing that river, we will reach the farthest place before the Xia Kingdom. No one knows the specific situation there. I will talk about these later, and it is getting late now. , let's rest here tonight, and tomorrow we will go to that mountain range." The captain said slowly.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, he ordered the team members to prepare things for the night around. When the fire was lit, the fear in the team members' hearts was reduced a lot. Beasts are afraid of flames. In the dark night, the place near the fire is the safest place.

When Zhou Yu was on duty at night, he continued to write his diary. The thick diary had already been used for less than half, and he knew that he had to use it sparingly in the future.

(End of this chapter)