Revlon

An imperial decree was promulgated overnight to the Fourth Battalion of the Imperial Guards, and Sun Ji, the right guard governor, summoned all the soldiers under the battalion to plan all night, and set the target of searching for the red-headed iron brand at Efan Mountain in the southwest outside the city.

Efan Mountain is more than a thousand feet higher than the Southern Guangdong Plain. It is majestic and steep. The folks call it Sanduan Yanjun Mountain.

Since the official road at the foot of Efan Mountain is the necessary place for business exchanges between countries, in order to prevent wild animals from hurting people and robbers from blocking the road, the imperial court built warehouses and gates here to drive the animals and birds at the foot of the mountain to the mountain, resulting in perennial No one sets foot, birds and beasts are rampant, and there are many dangers.

Therefore, in this mountain, the red-headed iron brand is most likely to be found.

The imperial army entered the mountain, dug rocks and walls, reclaimed land and opened up wasteland. In just three days, more than ten thousand snakes were dug out, but there was no red iron iron.The imperial court then distributed the approval documents, summoned private snake catchers, and offered a reward of ten thousand gold.

For a while, the people in the capital city of Li abandoned the fields and mulberry fields, abandoned commercial farming, and went up the mountain to look for snakes. Even Xiaoyue ran a long way to buy red dates.

Xiaoyue bled for several days in a row, and his blood was exhausted. Fortunately, the spread of toxins in Qi Chen's body was temporarily stabilized. The imperial physicians of the imperial hospital were stationed at the Qianqiu Palace day and night. Because of this, Xiaoyue seldom sees Qi Chen.

Finally, he couldn't hold back anymore.

Therefore, Chu Yu and Ming Shuo followed Xiao Yue to Mount Efan.

In the deserted mountains and wild ridges, the dense canopy cuts off the sunlight, and it is difficult to distinguish the direction. There are many birds and poisonous insects, and wild beasts come out at night. The army is divided into multiple teams and submerges into the mountains.

On the mountainside at an altitude of [-] feet, rocks mixed with soil were dug out from the ground, covered with green plants, and the barren bushes were leveled with shovels, exposing the thick layer of soil on the cliff.

On the slope of Daxing, Sun Ji, the right guard governor, took off his armor and stood in a long body wearing a burlap full of dirt. He observed the surrounding environment and said in a vibrating voice: "Take a short rest and replenish your strength. Half a stick of incense Continue later!"

Xiaoyue sat on the exposed rock, eating dried red dates and red-skinned peanuts intermittently, while concentrating on studying the topographic map and book in his hand.

Xiaoyue was eating almost all the time, Mingshuo had a cloth bag hanging on his shoulder, and he could always take out something to stuff for him, Chuyu was covered with bamboo tubes, and would give him a couple of mouthfuls of soup from time to time.

Xiaoyue must eat a lot of food and supplements to promote the speed of blood regeneration.

But Sun Ji didn't know the reason, it looked really unpleasant, since he was weak, he should stay in the mansion to recuperate, why would he cause trouble here.

So Sun Ji said: "Master Xiao, the environment will get worse if you go up, you might as well go back home if you are unwell."

"Sun Dudu." Xiaoyue raised his head from the blueprint, "It is recorded in geological history books that there is a white-eyed python in Efan Mountain, and it likes gentle slopes with deep soil and rocks and good water repellency. I think it may be a white-eyed python near here." habitat."

Sun Ji stood not far away, with his arms around him, and said, "The white-eyed python is a bit bigger, but it has a docile personality and will not pose a threat to us. If you are afraid, you can go down the mountain first.

Seeing Sun Ji's aggressive expression, Chu Yu was disgusted, and handed the white peony and black chicken soup to Xiaoyue as if in opposition.

Xiaoyue refused to push the bamboo tube, and continued: "That's not what I meant. Although the white-eyed python has a docile personality, it will prey on its own kind and small creatures. I haven't even seen a mole near here. Should we continue to go Go up and change places?"

Sun Ji stood still and said, "Our army found here the skin that was suspected to have been cast off by a red-headed iron."

He didn't say much, he turned around and sat in the army, and gnawed on the dry steamed buns.

Chu Yu finally muttered: "Look at his domineering appearance, why are we sitting here getting in the way of him, black-mouthed and black-faced."

Ming Shuo handed a handful of peeled peanuts to Xiaoyue, and said, "Dudu Sun has always spoken harshly, and he doesn't like people who drag people down. This time, Xiaoguan not only caused serious injuries to King Xin, but also here Eating, drinking, and playing around, he has a pretty face."

Chu Yu even refused to agree: "The shepherd is so disgusted and vomited after eating it that it tastes like chewing wax, but he has to swallow it. He is fine, he doesn't listen to good advice, and insists on going his own way. Fortunately, the shepherd is young and tough and can bleed a few more times, otherwise he will be killed." With his iron mind, King Xin could die several times."

Xiao Yue sighed, and said: "Okay, don't argue, since he doesn't want to listen to me, there is nothing we can do, let's find it ourselves."

Chu Yu was stunned: "But we don't have manpower, and we don't have shovel tools, how can we find them?"

Ming Shuo said, "Then I'll go back to the Zhenfu Division and send people up the mountain!"

"No need." Xiaoyue poked the blueprint with his knuckle-boned fingers, "There are nearly a thousand large and small caves in the whole mountain, but only this one is located above the deep water pool, and there are a lot of limestone nearby. Probably a natural stalactite cave."

"Stalactite cave??"

Facing this new vocabulary, Ming Shuo and Chu Yu were at a loss.

Xiaoyue continued: "The stalactite cave is a product of karstification. Calcium bicarbonate will be dissolved out of the limestone. When there is water flowing at the bottom of the cave and water seeping down along the cracks in the rock formation, the water evaporates and part of the bicarbonate Calcium will turn into calcium carbonate and deposit down, adhere to the rocks on the roof of the cave, and after years of accumulation, a stalactite cave will be formed."

Chu Yu: "What, what acid? Calcium?"

"It's not important." Xiaoyue put away the drawings and looked towards the top of the mountain. "The stalactite cave has a constant temperature all year round. There may be animals that haven't hibernated in it. Let's go over there and have a look."

Sun Ji turned his head and saw that the three of them had disappeared. He looked around, the sun was sparse, the vegetation was shaking, and there was a whining wind from deep in the dense forest.

He was very dissatisfied with Xiaoyue, a weak, sick and disabled person, but thinking that he was a person who believed in the king and killed each other, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. Fortunately, there are imperial troops everywhere in the mountains at this time, and even if they run around, nothing will happen. It was a problem, so I didn't bother with him.

The mountains are gray and misty, and the water mist floating in the air forms a hazy barrier.

Xiao Yue walked very slowly, the water mist entered into his lungs along the airway, making it more difficult for him to breathe, coupled with the deficiency of Qi and blood, he had to stop and rest for a while after walking a few steps.

On the way up the mountain, they encountered two groups of imperial guards with dozens of people. Xiaoyue told the leading centurion what he thought, but in the end they were ignored at all.

Thinking about it, the military order is like a mountain, and his mouth full of Arabian Nights is nothing. He once suspected that the possibility of changing history with the wisdom of modern people in TV dramas after traveling back to ancient times does not exist at all. Those soldiers did not believe his words at all. .

In desperation, they had no choice but to continue to search by themselves, but because the map in Xiaoyue's hand was drawn relatively long ago, some caves on the map had been buried by mountain movements, and more new caves had emerged.

Ming Shuo and Chu Yu were at a loss and couldn't find the north at all.Therefore, Xiaoyue's "Arabian Nights" came into play again.

Xiaoyue was really thankful that he had excellent grades in geography when he was in school. After a long time of tossing, they finally arrived at a place where large limestones gathered.

Xiaoyue leaned against the birch tree with a pale face, and looked around according to the location marked on the map.

Here, there are few shadows of the sun, mottled tree shadows, dense vegetation and dense trees block the line of sight, and the claustrophobia is daunting, making it almost impossible to recognize the direction.

Xiao Yue couldn't tell whether it was the chirping of insects and birds in his ears, or his own tinnitus, and a deep line between his brows had been twisted away.

Mingshuo listened to him and said: "The crown of the tree is obviously much thinner. This should be the shady side of the mountain. There is a waterfall marked on the map. The location of the cave should be near the waterfall...Chu Yu, you can hear the sound of water ?"