The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 126 Journey into the Wilderness ([-])

waterway?

Everyone's eyes were focused on Ye Shenyan.Ye Shenyan shrugged and said, "Didn't you forget Dongjiang?"

Ah, right.

Only then did a few people come to their senses, it was indeed the case, they could walk by water!

The Dongjiang River is the largest river near the capital, irrigating the farmlands of several surrounding state capitals.The Tianshui River passing through the city and the moat under the city wall are all water sources drawn from the Dongjiang River.

They never thought of going by water, and there was a very important reason - whether it was Yun Ruochen, Zhao Xuan, or Gu Che who had more experience in going out, they hadn't actually arranged their own or the team's itinerary.When they go out, their journey and destination are arranged by others, and they just follow it.

Only Ye Shenyan, a vagrant, has always been in charge of himself, using the world as his bed, and traveled all over the world.

In fact, Yun Ruochen traveled all over the world with his master in his previous life, but the modern Yunyou would also bring a map and take transportation.She considers herself to be very capable of surviving, but at present, she cannot compare with Ye Shenyan at all.

Yun Ruochen immediately asked Ye Shenyan, "Are we near Dongjiang?"

She remembered that she had seen some creeks and rivers along the way since Chunshou, but she didn't know how far they were from the Dongjiang River.

Unexpectedly, it was not Ye Shenyan who answered her, but Gu Che.

"I know that there is a river behind this mountain." Gu Che said, "When I went hunting just now, I wanted Xiaojin to see if there were any enemies nearby, but this guy...it's still young, so it can't do it. .but it told me there was water nearby."

Falconry is a very complicated and mysterious ancient inheritance. Gu Che himself learned some from the falconers in the army outside the Great Wall.

But his communication with Xiao Jin relies more on tacit understanding, at most it can make Xiao Jin find an "acquaintance" like Yun Ruochen.To make Xiao Jin a real "Spy in the Sky" on the battlefield, it is impossible to do it without the teacher's teaching.

But right now Xiao Jin can provide this valuable information, which is quite good.

Ye Shenyan also said: "I'm not very familiar with the terrain in this area, but judging from the direction of the nearby stream, what Gu Che said should be correct. It's better for us to climb over this mountain and take the waterway!"

The rest of the people couldn't help but nodded in agreement.Seeing that everyone was nodding, Yun Yao also ignorantly shook his head up and down desperately, his appearance was extremely cute.

Yun Ruochen lovingly stroked his younger brother's face, and said to Zhao Xuan: "Then it's settled, Brother Xuan, I'll change your medicine again, and we'll set off when we're full!"

Everyone is busy now.

The reason why Ye Shenyan's suggestion of "taking the water route" was accepted by everyone was that the most important point was that the water route could return to the capital as quickly as possible, and avoid pursuing soldiers as much as possible.

If the enemy gains power and takes control of this area, they will expose their targets as soon as they get on the road, but they can move much more freely on the water.If it goes well, it will take half a day to return to the vicinity of the capital by water.

Venison is hot in nature, and deer blood is especially tonic, and velvet antler is a treasure among tonics.Naturally, untreated velvet antlers cannot be eaten, but after eating the roasted venison, everyone felt warm, full of energy and blood, and their physical strength was well replenished.

Gu Che and Ye Shenyan used a dagger to cut up half of the leftover wild deer into pieces, and roasted the whole thing on the fire until it became jerky.All the salt Ye Shenyan brought was used up, but this batch of dried venison was enough to serve as their dry food for several days.

The two of them picked a large leaf, wrapped the dried venison and tied it on the back of the brown horse.Zhao Xuan, who had been replaced with new medicine, was helped onto the horse by Gu Che, and Yun Ruochen asked him to help hold Yun Yao, and he got on the horse neatly.

Xiaomao exhaled a few puffs of air from both nostrils, as if he was not happy about the stranger sitting on it.Gu Che patted its mane and was about to tell it not to make trouble, but Yun Ruochen stroked Xiaomao's long face a few times with both hands.

Miraculously, Xiao Mao immediately stopped losing his temper, and obediently walked out of the cave with Yun Ruochen and the three on his back.

"Ruochen, you really like these guys. Xiaojin, Xiaomao, why did they become intimate with you all at once." Gu Che habitually scratched his head: "Xiaomao is no easier to deal with than Xiaojin, I'll take it easy It took a long time to get him to obey."

"This is called character." Yun Ruochen rolled his eyes at him, of course he would not tell him about his "little trick".She can't even handle a horse, she is really a magician in vain.

Lying in Zhao Xuan's arms, Yun Yao curiously looked up at this handsome and fair young man, and then at his sister.Yun Ruochen was afraid that he would make trouble, so he coaxed him and said: "Xing'er be good, sister must hold the rein and not hug Xing'er, don't move around."

Yun Yao didn't know what "holding the reins" meant, but when he heard his sister say that he couldn't hold him, he wanted to cry with his mouth pursed.In fact, Zhao Xuan hadn't hugged children very much, he really hadn't cared about the younger brothers and sisters in the family.Someone like Yun Ruochen who loves his concubine brother more than his own brother is an outlier in a big family.

Seeing that Yun Yao was about to cry, Zhao Xuan had no choice but to imitate Yun Ruochen's words: "Xing'er is the most obedient, uh, the most obedient, don't cry."

"Ugh..."

Zhao Xuan's blunt coaxing method obviously didn't work on Yun Yao, Yun Yao still waved his hands and feet and struggled, making Zhao Xuan sweat again.Yun Ruochen frowned, and shouted in a low voice, "Don't cry!"

Yun Yao was stunned, his sister had always been so gentle and kind to him, but now she actually yelled at him... His tears flowed out immediately, and before he could cry, Yun Ruochen stared and said fiercely: "How dare you Cry, my sister will leave you here and leave you alone!"

"Woo...Xing'er...Xing'er stopped crying..."

Facts have proved that sometimes you can't treat children with gentleness, and you should be fierce when you should be fierce.Yun Ruochen was very satisfied that he scared his younger brother's tears back, but Yun Yao then said weakly: "Xing'er...will be obedient...listen to this sister..."

He was only one year old, and his speech was still very slurred, and he was gurgling, but for some reason, he uttered this sentence very clearly.Everyone stared blankly at Yun Yao's little finger poking Zhao Xuan's face, and linked the phrase "this sister"...

"Hahahahaha!"

Gu Che held his stomach and laughed loudly, patting the cave wall while laughing, tears came out of his eyes. "Zhao Xuan, you...hahahahaha..."

Even Ye Shenyan burst into laughter, although he immediately covered his mouth, but his shaking shoulders completely betrayed his mood.

And after Yun Ruochen realized it, he really wanted to laugh out loud, and he tried very hard to suppress the laughter that welled up in his throat.

Zhao Xuan had never been so embarrassed in his life, his face was completely blank, and he didn't know what expression to use to face the innocent little Yunyao!

"Don't bark!" Yun Ruochen patted Yun Yao's head amusedly: "This is Brother Xuan!" She pointed all the way over, "That's Brother Ache, Brother Shenyan... Remember? "

Yun Yao broke his little finger in distress, muttered for a while, and then raised his face again: "Sister, I can't remember..."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

Gu Che laughed wildly again.This kid is too cool!How funny!
After laughing, they still hurry up and hit the road.But with Yunyao, the pistachio, everyone's originally suppressed mood relaxed a lot.

Yun Yao was too young, completely unaware of how dangerous the environment they were in, but became extra lively because they were able to come to nature.He pointed to the sky and called "Little Bird" for a while, and clapped his hands and called "Huahua" for a while.Gu Che picked a handful of wild flowers and stuffed them into his hands for him to tear and play with. He was so happy.

A few older children are not as relaxed as he is.

Ye Shenyan was scouting the road ahead, and Gu Che was busy on guard with a bow and arrow in his hand.Yun Ruochen also had to keep an eye on Zhao Xuan and Yun Yao, lest they fall off the horse.

Even if it is an ordinary good road, it will take a long time to get to the water, let alone in this kind of mountain forest where there are no roads at all.A few people stumbled and walked, almost thinking that they were lost in the dense forest several times.

Fortunately, Xiao Jin was constantly guiding them in the sky, and they climbed over two mountains in half a day, and finally arrived at the riverside before the last ray of light from the sun disappeared.

But they were not lucky enough to find a cave where they could hide. Ye Shenyan and Gu Che had no choice but to improvise a small hut with dead branches and leaves, and lit a fire again.Even so, the temperature at night was still frighteningly low, Yun Ruochen had no choice but to wrap Zhao Xuan, Yun Yao and herself in her torn fox fur, and keep warm by the fire.

And the two teenagers who have been busy all day can't rest, because they are rushing to make the bamboo raft for tomorrow!
Zhao Xuan silently watched the two of them chopping bamboo outside the shed, silently lowered their heads while eating the jerky and did not speak.

"Drink some water."

Yun Ruochen handed him the water bag, and took the temperature on his forehead. "Fortunately, there is no fever. The wound should not be infected."

"What is a wound infection?" Zhao Xuan asked casually after drinking his saliva.

"It's pus."

Yun Ruochen thought about it, and felt that this explanation should satisfy Zhao Xuan.Zhao Xuan nodded absently and sighed.

"Brother Xuan, you just need to take care of your wounds." Yun Ruochen had a general understanding of a certain side of Zhao Xuan's character through the episode of "Let the horse go".He must be feeling sad that not only can't help him now, but also dragged down the team's schedule.

Zhao Xuan is a very open-minded person.Due to congenital heart disease, he has faced the threat of death at any time since he was a child, and he has a lighter view of life and death than ordinary people.But in the current situation, he couldn't be open-minded.

He hated himself being a burden to everyone, and what was even more annoying...was Yun Ruochen's burden.

I, a boy who is a few years older than her, should protect her, but this is the situation now!
"Brother Xuan."

In the cold air, a warm hand gently held his hand.

　Sigh, working overtime on Saturdays and Sundays is really enough... Tomorrow morning there is still a lot of work... Try to make a new chapter, thank you for your support.

　　
　
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