Chapter 5 Meeting Li Guang for the first time
The night slowly enveloped the earth. Aunt Wei picked up some firewood to prepare a fire. The slightly smooth flint that had been polished could not be fired. Yun Xiao took out the windproof lighter, took out an alcohol block from his backpack, and easily lit a lot of firewood.
The bonfire was lit, and the orange-red flames drove away the cold, and the fire illuminated everyone's face. Aunt Wei looked at Yun Xiao in surprise. She was amazed at Yun Xiao's methods, and the two children were even more admiring Yun Xiao. She clapped her hands and cried, without the majesty of the Han Queen and the Great Sima General.
Aunt Wei took out two pieces of black stuff in the package. The green stuff on it should be wild vegetables. It looked like it was completely relieved. The two children were chewing it, making Yun Xiao's teeth sore. Aunt Wei took out another piece and handed it to Yun Xiao. It was her turn that hesitated and broke half of it to Yun Xiao.
"You are growing, eat more."
Yun Xiao did not take the black thing, but took out the last two cans of beef. He took out the Swiss army knife and handed it to the two children and Aunt Wei in one go.
Looking at the pink thing, the three of them dared not take action and stared at Yun Xiao blankly.
When Xiaobai saw the canned beef, he whistled happily and pounced on it. Yun Xiao slapped it open, and the last ham sausage was torn open and thrown away.
Yun Xiao took out a stainless steel spoon, dug a piece and fed it into Wei Qing's mouth.
As soon as the entrance was paved, Wei Qing's little eyes widened a lot, and opened his little mouth full of insect teeth and shouted to Aunt Wei, "Auntie, it's salty."
After saying that, he didn't use a spoon, and grabbed a piece with his hand and stuffed it into Wei Zifu's mouth. He didn't even notice that the sharp edge of the can box cut his fingers.
Aunt Wei also dug a piece of the spoon handed over by Yun Xiao. Her eyes also lit up. The other box had been grabbed by two children and stuffed into her mouth. Her cheeks were bulging like squirrels.
Xiaobai whined, looking at the mirror-clear canned box, his eyes were filled with resentment, and he inexplicably lowered his head and fought with the ham sausage in front of him.
Aunt Wei took a few bites and said he was full. She pushed the canned box in front of Yun Xiao, who smiled and said that he was not hungry. She pushed the canned box to the two children who were looking at him. Yun Xiao didn't see much clearly, but this time it was Wei Zifu who licked the canned box.
"Child, what's this thing? I put so much salt in my life. It's the first time I've eaten so much salt in one meal."
Salt is a must-have for daily life, which is only a state-controlled thing. It has been like this for thousands of years. However, it is a bit too much to say that you have eaten so much salt for the first time you have grown up. You should be almost fifty this year.
"Don't you eat salt?"
"We eat ghost salt."
"Ghost salt? What's that?"
"There is a place where there is salt everywhere. But after eating the salt there, people will gradually become as big as a bucket and will die alive. The miserable scene makes people dare not look at it. The old man said that that place was transformed from the resentment of dead people, and eating ghost salt will cause death.
But people don’t eat salt. Our merchants can’t afford to buy salt and have to eat ghost salt. They can only eat a little bit of a meal, but they will swell to death within a few years.”
Yun Xiao scratched his head, not sure what was going on.
After eating, the siblings were curious about the zipper of the backpack. The two of them pulled all the zippers over and over again, and played for half a night. Yun Xiao did not dare to take out his phone. The scene where the future queen of the Han Dynasty and General Sima played Tetris together must be very interesting.
Looking at the person who was going to stand tall in the future, Yun Xiao closed his eyes.
A red sun rose on the horizon, and all kinds of birds were jumping and chirping at the treetops, as if they were having two sessions. Yun Xiao was awakened by the birds' screams and rubbed his eyes. He jumped up in fear. Several bloody moles were lying neatly on Yun Xiao's head, and his grinning look really scared Yun Xiao.
The birds on the tree were so shocked by Yun Xiao that they flew around, which made Xiaobai, who was about to succeed, deeply resentful. He roared at Yun Xiao a few roars, and climbed up to the higher branches in anger. It seemed that he would not be ready to come down in a short period of time.
There was no food in the backpack, so Yun Xiao had to take the black stuff handed over by Aunt Wei. He took a tentative bite. The smell made Yun Xiao almost crazy. He was bitter and hard to swallow. There was still a stinky smell. After retching a few times, Yun Xiao handed the things in his hand to the two brothers.
The two siblings pushed and gave in, but the final result was that they ate half of each person. Looking at the siblings who were dying, Yun Xiao was speechless. The life of the men of the man was really crying. In the past, the news always said that we were a nation with severe disasters, but now it seems that what we say is true.
When Xiaobai was about to leave, he was still angry on the tree. No matter how Yun Xiao threatened and tempted him, he just couldn't come down.
Helpless Yun Xiao climbed onto the horse's back and pretended to leave. Xiaobai rushed down from the tree and jumped into Yun Xiao's arms, acting cute in all kinds of things.
I comforted the guy who had a quarrel with me just now, and several people continued to rush.
A dazzling white suddenly appeared on the side of the road, and in the shining sunlight, Yun Xiao could hardly open his eyes.
"That's the ghost salt flat, where ghost salt is everywhere. Let's go, we'll pass by."
Aunt Wei saw that Yun Xiao was very curious about it.
The whole sea of salt is really spectacular. Yun Xiao jumped off the horse and dipped it in his mouth. It was salt, but how could it smell like quicklime? Spit out the salt in his mouth, and it was hot, sour and astringent.
I understand that the salt here contains a lot of calcium carbonate. It seems that this was a lake in the past. After the water was evaporated, calcium carbonate was deposited on the surface of the salt. It rarely rained here, and calcium carbonate was insoluble. People who eat this thing were chronic suicide.
"Brother Xiao, don't eat it, you will die."
Wei Qing's voice was very tender. Who would have thought that this baby would become the Grand General of the Huns in the future?
Yun Xiao patted Wei Qing's head.
"Brother Xiao will not die."
Mayi is a frontier with a population of less than 100,000. The court sent Li Guang, known as the flying general, to command 20,000 troops to station here, supporting the northern border of the empire with Yunzhong and Dai County.
The soldiers guarding the city saw that Yun Xiao was dressed in a strange manner and led four tall Xiongnu horses, so they stepped forward to interrogate.
Yun Xiao didn't talk nonsense to him, and threw a gold medal over.
The soldiers guarding the city here are all guys who have been on the frontier all year round. When they saw the signs engraved with the Huns, they were immediately shocked.
After many years of fighting on the border, I have seen the domino of the Xiongnu soldiers and the wolf tooth card of the leader. This gold medal is a symbol of the great figure of the Xiongnu. Could it be the Xiongnu envoy? Unlike, why are there only a few people in the Xiongnu envoys and there are not even guards?
Yun Xiaoxing took out the head of the Zuo Dadu in his backpack and said, "This is the head of the Zuo Dadu in the Xiongnu. Take me to see General Li Guang."
The lieutenant guarding the city kicked the soldiers blocking the road and stared at the head of the Zuo Dadu. After a long time, he actually knelt down.
"The sky has eyes, I, Liu Cheng, thank the little hero for killing this evil thief."
After saying that, he bowed to Yun Xiao and went downstairs, and all the soldiers and people guarding the city kowtowed.
Yun Xiao quickly jumped off the horse and pulled Liu Cheng up.
"Little hero's surname?"
"The boy's surname is Yun, and the character Xiao is the word "Xiao."
On the way to the general's mansion, Yun Xiao listened to Liu Cheng's explanation and realized why the soldiers and people guarding the city were like this.
Five years ago, the Huns invaded the border. The Zuo Daduwei captured the defense of the Mayi city and looted nearly 100,000 people. Mayi, with a fief of 300,000 households, almost overnight became a hell on earth. Almost every family had relatives who were plundered or killed, so that the Mayi soldiers and civilians gritted their teeth at the Zuo Daduwei. Today, when Yun Xiao was holding his head into the city, how could he not worship?
Along the way, Liu Cheng walked in front with the head of Zuo Daduwei. All the people on both sides of the street kowtowed and thanked Yun Xiao.
Li Guang personally welcomed him in front of the general's mansion. To Yun Xiao's expectation, the legendary flying general was actually a fat man, not only fat but short. He was six feet tall and had a waist circumference. Perhaps in order to avoid being beheaded by the enemy, his head was directly connected to his body and omitted the procedure of the neck. A beard was very vigorous, and Yun Xiao didn't see clearly the appearance of this simple but not simple flying general. He only saw clearly his beard, making people wonder whether this guy had evolved completely.
Li Guang had a fanatical love for Zuo Daduwei's head. Although he was already a little corrupt, Li Guang still couldn't put it down and spit at the head.
"You boy has today too. Did you think of today when you harmed the people of Mayi?"
Judging from this posture, Li Guang seemed to have the urge to take a bite. Fortunately, Liu Cheng reminded him in time. This did not allow Yun Xiao to see the disgusting scene, otherwise Yun Xiao would have vomited Sanli and Xu Xie Bumin.
He ordered the coroner to make the nitrogen as soon as possible, and then quickly sent the head and gold medal to Chang'an to ask for merit from the court. The historical books evaluated Lao Li very well and had a guaranteed reputation. Yun Xiao was not worried that he would be greedy for his contributions.
"Come, kill a sheep. I want to entertain this brave man Yun."
Chapter completed!