Yu Wenzhe watched Cao Lianxin run out of the small courtyard, followed and walked out, and nodded to Lin Ping, who was waiting outside, Lin Ping also nodded, and followed Cao Lianxin's master and servant to the bottom of the mountain.
At night, the night of Helan Mountain is very clear, and the stars are like pearls dotted in the black curtain, which is so beautiful that it makes people dizzy.
Yu Wenzhe sat in the small courtyard, under the starlight, he was working hard to weave a large net, which was made of slender hemp rope, which was dense and strong, and it looked like it gave people a sense of toughness and omnipocalyptic.
"Young master, what are you doing here, although there are some streams in this mountain, but if you want to catch fish, you can't use such a big net" After Lin Ping came back, his eyes fell directly on the big net compiled by Yu Wenzhe, and asked in surprise.
"Huh, it's finally done, Uncle Lin, I've already sent Xin'er back, I thought you would have to rush back at least when it was almost dawn."
Only then did Yu Wenzhe raise his head, take a long breath, and answer the question.
"Miss Xin'er's carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain, and the housekeeper of the Cao Mansion has been waiting at the bottom of the mountain, and I drove them back on horseback after sending them to the capital protection city, so they came back quickly.
By the way, young master, you went out for seven days this time, and you didn't bring back prey after you came back, so I'll go into the mountains tomorrow.
After Lin Ping explained, he thought about it and said.
"Uncle Lin, you go with me tomorrow, this time I found a good thing, I chased it for seven days and didn't catch it, I want to catch it and give it to Xin'er as a gift on her birthday."
Yu Wenzhe squinted his eyes and said excitedly.
"What's the matter" Lin Ping's expression suddenly became serious, when Yu Wenzhe first proposed to go to the mountains and forests to exercise himself, he didn't agree at all, and in the end he couldn't stand Yu Wenzhe's stubbornness, so he came up with a way, that is, he followed behind and was ready to rescue at any time.
But as time went by, Lin Ping found that Yu Wenzhe's familiarity with the mountains and forests, his ability to survive in the mountains and forests was stronger than him, and his perception of danger was sharper than that of the oldest hunter, and even the troubles he encountered were turned around by relying on Yu Wenzhe's help.
It wasn't until one time that he saw Yu Wenzhe kill a tiger by himself and using the surrounding environment in the distance, so he no longer worried about Yu Wenzhe's safety in the mountains and forests in the future, but now there is something that Yu Wenzhe has not chased for seven days, so he is so surprised.
"It's the legendary lightning marten, and I'm going to catch it this time."
Yu Wenzhe grinned, and the excitement in his eyes couldn't be hidden, and said.
"A lightning marten that eats poison for a living, but is extremely loyal after recognizing the master" Lin Ping's voice was also excited, but his face became more and more solemn.
"It is said that the lightning marten is as white as snow and as fast as lightning, and the toxins in the body are the three great poisons that are parallel to the ghost grass and the crane top red, but the blood has the miraculous effect of removing all the poisons in the world, this is a legendary alien species, young master, you won't admit it."
The lightning marten is indeed a different species, and it is a rare one in the world, but catching the lightning marten is tantamount to close contact with the god of death, if you are bitten by the lightning marten, or even only a layer of skin is cut by its claws, it is not saved.
"Of course I won't admit it, there is a book in the book sent by Uncle Cao before, which describes the strange beasts in the world, although I was not interested at the time, I just browsed it casually, but for such a cute little guy, I am still very impressed."
Yu Wenzhe nodded affirmatively, and the big net in his hand had been neatly folded.
"Whew, that's good, Miss Xin'er is worth the risk we take" Lin Ping exhaled deeply, revealing a relieved smile.
The next day, Lin Ping, with a yellow wooden bow on his back and a long knife in his hand, entered the depths of the Helan Mountains with Yu Wenzhe fully armed.
Helan Mountain is known as the Dead Mountain, and countless people have died on the mountain, and a large part of these corpses have rotted in the mountain, or have been used as food by wild beasts, or have become nutrients for vegetation, so the trees on the mountain are extremely prosperous and exude an eerie smell.
The two of them overcame all obstacles and walked a whole day of mountain roads before they came to the place where Yu Wenzhe had met the lightning marten before, and on the way, the two encountered the corpses of many large beasts, such as hares, pheasants and so on.
"Young master, is this lightning marten trying to declare its territory, is this clearly a killing spree" Lin Ping looked at the cheetah that died in front of him, and said in a gloomy voice, this man who followed Yu Wenhua and was used to seeing life and death, looked at the corpses that exuded a black luster all along the way, and he already had a chilling feeling.
"It may be asserting sovereignty to its adversaries, but it is more likely that it is under threat, and in doing so, it is showing its weapons to its enemies, that is, there is something here that threatens it."
Yu Wenzhe's expression also became solemn, he didn't know what it was that threatened the lightning marten, since it could threaten the lightning marten, then it meant that it also had great destructive power, and this kind of unknown was even more terrifying.
"Young master, look, there's a corpse there."
Just when Yu Wenzhe fell into deep thought, the chill on Lin Ping's body was even heavier, and he walked to a bush in two or three steps, and the long knife on his waist came out of its sheath and split the bush.
Gradually, a corpse was revealed in the depths of the bushes, this corpse was wearing a fur coat, with a full beard, and his face was so black that he could no longer see his original appearance, there was an obvious bite on his erect neck, and a foul smell kept coming out on the corpse, and the strange thing was that no fly or mosquito dared to approach here with such a foul smell.
"Young master, this is the Turks, the sentinels of the Turks."
Lin Ping looked at the bends and packages next to the corpse, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
"How could the sentry of the Turks come to Helan Mountain, and come to a place that is only two days away from the Duhu Mansion, is it" Yu Wenzhe also came to Lin Ping's side, he looked at the corpse under his feet, and a long-lost sense of familiarity suddenly appeared in his heart, that is, war.
After the Xuanwumen Change, the Turks took advantage of the political instability of the Tang Dynasty to tear up the covenant and invade the Tang Dynasty, and in a very short period of time they invaded Jingyang, which is only forty miles away from Chang'an, and forced the Tang Dynasty to sign the so-called Weishui Alliance, although this covenant has a high evaluation in history and is known as the turning point between the Tang Dynasty and the Turkic strength, but Yu Wenzhe knows how the people of the Tang Dynasty have been ravaged in this process, and the Turks have taken away almost everything they can take away along the way, just like a locust plague in transit, There is no grass growing in the place where it passes.
"If it's a sentry, it will definitely not act alone, and this one sentry won't make the lightning marten angry like this, Uncle Lin, let's follow the traces and find out the truth."
Yu Wenzhe looked at the direction where the Turkic sentry fell to the ground, put his right hand into his arms, took out a dagger engraved with a blood groove, and inserted it in the most convenient place on his waist. i0 t1706231537: