I'm so hard

Chapter 54 Add another fire
The rain on Xiaonan Mountain lasted all night.

The stream was soaring, the surrounding tree pits were filled with rainwater, and the ground was full of mud.

Zhao Yan hid under a boulder that was the best shelter from the rain. Although he was not exposed to rain, the wet feeling still made him very uncomfortable.

However, he cannot quit.

As the emperor, if he said quit, he would be able to leave here immediately, return to the palace to soak in a hot bath, and then have a sumptuous dinner.

But the Son of Heaven is an example for the world, and he doesn't want to be chewed on by others, thinking that he can't bear hardships.

No matter how difficult the path you choose, you have to go on.

In the morning, Hei Wa picked a few sour wild fruits from nowhere, and everyone was satisfied.

And Xiao Zijie started to move the wood since he got up in the morning.

Zhao Yan originally thought that he was preparing logs for the fire, but in less than an hour, he piled up three-meter-high branches on the grass beside him.And some branches were as thick as a calf, wet and big, and couldn't light the fire at all.

"Xiao Zijie, why are you looking for so many branches? You can't burn them all!" Zhao Yan asked suspiciously.

"Your Majesty, I forgot to report to you. According to the current weather, it must be cloudy and rainy these few days. I am going to set up a tent here for everyone to live in!" Xiao Zijie said solemnly.

"Can you still pitch a tent? When will it be ready?"

Xiao Zijie thought for a while, and said: "My third uncle is a carpenter. I studied at his house for two years when I was young, and I have a little knowledge of tenon and tenon. If Heiwa and Feipeng help, it is estimated that I can build it tonight."

Zhao Yan looked at the gloomy sky and said, "Okay, I'm here to help."

With such fickle weather and hungry stomachs, Zhao Yan and the others were naturally unwilling to look for the enemy.

Dang even built a house here.

When it was really set up, Zhao Yan realized that Xiao Zijie still had some skills.

Extract the bark as silk and knead it into hemp rope.

Fill the gaps between the branches and leaves with mud.

Using sharp stones, two pieces of wood are whittled into complementary shapes to create a mortise and tenon structure…

The tent that Xiao Zijie wants to build is not only able to shelter from wind and rain, but also has aesthetic features.

He also carved a few patterns with gravel on the top of several large vertical pillars, which looked very beautiful.

Under Xiao Zijie's command, Heiwa and Yue Feipeng were also very excited about what they were doing. Although the tools were simple, they completed the task completely and standardly, whether it was digging a hole or burying the soil.

Near dusk, the tent was finally set up.

Call it a tent rather than a cabin.

The top of the hut is completely made up of branches and leaves mixed with soil, which are so tightly bonded that rainwater cannot fall in at all.

The main part is supported by eight thick trees. These trees are rotten wood that fell in the woods, but after being wrapped in mud, it is more than enough to support the hut. It is not enough to collapse after staying for ten days and a half months. Lose.

What wraps the main part is densely packed branches. These branches are extremely finely woven, which is pleasing to the eye.

There is also a small door woven with branches, which is very delicate.

As for the inside, it was first covered with a layer of soft branches, then covered with leaves, and finally covered with some soft yellow grass that was not wet, and it was more than enough for four people to lie on.

Zhao Yan couldn't help thinking of Xiao Jingye's comment on Xiao Zijie at the end of the year: My son is full of problems, and he doesn't even have one thing he is good at.

If he returns to the palace, Zhao Yan must tell Xiao Jingye: There is no such thing as a worthless person in the world. Although your son is not good at writing poems, he is not very good at entering the army, he is not very good at entering an official career, and he even has a kind of The land is even worse, but it still has some advantages, such as building a house.

God for good.

Not long after the house was built, the heavy rain came again.

The four of Zhao Yan were lying in the hut, and they had never felt so happy.

Yue Feipeng murmured: "I don't know what's wrong with that guy Kong Ze. If he comes back now, he can come and squeeze him."

Xiao Zijie joked with a smile: "Probably either hiding in a bush, or being eliminated!"

On the third day, morning, it was still cloudy and rainy.

Xiaonan Mountain was covered with mist, but Zhao Yan's small house was very conspicuous.

The four of them just woke up from their sleep when they heard footsteps coming from outside.

The four of them rushed out of the house in an instant, and found six Imperial Army soldiers in blue cloth shirts holding long wooden sticks, surrounding the hut.

The tall guard soldier at the head looked at the four of them, and said with disdain: "Hmph, just the four of you, dare to build a house here blatantly, and you don't know how you died. Do you take off the armbands yourself, or wait for us Do it yourself!"

The four of Zhao Yan slept very well last night, and now is a good time to exercise their muscles and bones. Now that the prey has arrived, there is no reason not to eat it.

Hei Wa and Yue Feipeng looked at each other, and shot suddenly.

Bang!Bang!
Two long punches, one for each punch, only hit the chin, knocking out two of them in an instant.

The tall imperial guard was stunned for a moment, and rushed over with his long stick.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
This tall imperial guard obviously had some kung fu, and he even entangled Hei Wa for a while.

But the strength of the other three is not so good.

Yue Feipeng, Zhao Yan, and Xiao Zijie each took one bag. In almost a moment, they took down these three people, and then took off their armbands.

"Boom!"

The tall imperial guard raised his long staff, lifted up the fallen branches, and then turned around and ran away.

After Hei Wa knocked down the flying branch, the tall imperial guard had disappeared.

"Oh, if I work harder, I will surely take him down!" Hei Wa sighed.

The others were very happy, after all, they easily won five more armbands.

Now, they have seventeen armbands in their hands.

On the sixth day on Xiaonan Mountain, Zhao Yan and the others were so hungry that their eyes stared.

In the past few days, I can only eat some sour wild fruits and grass leaves, no one can bear it.

And at this moment, at the bottom of Xiaonan Mountain.

The commander of the battalion, Wei Datou, looked in the direction of Xiaonanshan and said, "It's been raining for the past few days, so the fighting wasn't intense enough. How many people are there on both sides?"

"According to the statistics this morning, there are 53 remaining members of the imperial army, and 52 remaining members of our army. Their strength is basically between equals." Zhao Dutou replied.

Wei Datou thought for a while, and replied: "Go and discuss with the forbidden army over there. The current fighting situation is not fierce enough. We must add fire to let them fight today."

After all, Wei Datou told Zhao Dutou what he thought.

"Haha, Commander, you're still bad enough!" Zhao Dutou couldn't help laughing out loud, this idea is really too dark.

"Cough...cough...how do you talk?" Wei Datou puffed out his chest.

Zhao Dutou immediately changed his words and said: "No...no...you are wise and powerful, and you have clever calculations!"

Only then did Wei Datou nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Let's do it quickly!"

(End of this chapter)