Zhi Xuan

The team followed the sound, passed through the snow-covered woodland, and gradually came to the depths of the dense forest.

Scattered footprints littered the snow, and broken branches and trunks were always visible.Bright red blood splattered everywhere, most of which had solidified, as if a large piece of red gem was frozen in silver.

In front of the team, two tiger cubs and a bear cub lay on the ground.The tiger cub's abdomen was torn open, and the bear cub had been broken in two, and it had long lost its breath.

Not far from the corpse, a colorful tiger was biting the neck of a brown bear.

The brown bear stood up and roared loudly.The tiger locked the brown bear, and its sharp claws popped out, fiercely scratching the brown bear's fur.

Both giant beasts were scarred and completely red-eyed.Seeing Zhixuan and his party appear, they still fought fiercely together, vowing not to give up until they put their opponents to death.

The brown bear roared again, rolled over on the spot, and slammed its back against the tree trunk, trying to shake off the tiger.

Not to be outdone, the tiger bit its teeth even deeper, tearing off a piece of flesh from the brown bear's neck.

As the brown bear fell to the ground, the fighting parties finally separated. The brown bear turned over, and the back of the neck was torn open, and the bone was visible in the wound.

The tiger landed on its four paws, half of its body was stained red with blood, bared its fangs at the brown bear, and roared angrily.

The scene in front of me was extremely shocking. Judging from the state of the brown bear and the fierce tiger, if they continue to fight, even if they can kill each other, they may not survive.

Suddenly, the brown bear put aside the tiger, taking advantage of the other party's weakness due to injuries, intending to take the road and escape.Unexpectedly, the brown bear would run away, and the tiger wanted to chase, but the front leg was injured, so it couldn't catch up with it at all.

The brown bear was very unlucky, he didn't choose the right direction to escape, and bumped into Zhixuan's team.

"Fire arrows!"

Without Zhi Xuan's orders, the armored soldier quickly raised his crossbow, and the black arrow rain approached instantly, and the brown bear couldn't dodge it at all, and was shot into a sieve when it met it.

After fighting fiercely with the tiger for half a day, the brown bear is at the end of its battle.It was covered by the rain of arrows and tied into a hedgehog on the spot. Even though its skin was rough and its flesh was thick and its vitality was tenacious, it couldn't continue to support it.

Under the action of inertia, the brown bear was carried backward by the arrow, and soon fell to the ground on its back.

The brown bear fell to the ground, with bright red blood flowing out from under its body, twisting into a net, and freezing on the snow.

At a distance, the tiger looked at the crowd vigilantly, measuring the strength of the two sides, and did not rush forward, glanced at the dead cub on the ground with nostalgia, then turned and disappeared into the dense forest.

"My lord, do you want to chase him or not?" A soldier asked for instructions.

The tiger is seriously injured, so it doesn't take too many people to catch up with a fireman, exhausting its physical strength, and it can be taken down 100%.

"Don't chase."

Zhi Xuan shook his head at the soldier, and ordered everyone to put away the brown bear's body.As for the dead cubs, they don't have to be brought back to the camp, they all stay where they are.

"promise!"

Although there are a few regrets, the soldiers must abide by the order of Young Master Xuan.

The accompanying slave quickly stepped forward and skillfully tied the brown bear with a rope.At the same time, local materials were obtained, and broken trunks and branches were used to make sledges, on which the dead bodies of brown bears were lifted.

The sledge is very crude, as if it will fall apart at any time.Fortunately, the rope was strong enough to drag the brown bear back to the camp.

"Twice more laps."

In order to prevent the brown bear from falling in the middle, the slaves connected the ropes, tied the brown bear and the sledge together, and tied them into slipknots.

During the process, a soldier Wu found a pine forest not far away.A large number of pine cones fell to the ground, most of which were empty, and a small part still had pine nuts. After breaking open, there were shriveled pine nuts hidden, which tasted so bitter that it was impossible to eat them.

Everyone is still very happy.

It doesn't matter if you can't eat pine nuts, pine cones are excellent ignition materials.The bark, needles and pine oil of some pine trees can also be used as medicine, which can be said to be treasured all over the body.

It's a pity that everyone didn't prepare to log before they came, and they didn't have enough tools.In addition, the pine trees here have big roots and deep roots, and the trunk is so thick that two people need to hug each other, so it is difficult to take away after felling.In the end, everyone could only look at the tree and sigh, and collected more than a dozen bags of pine cones.

When everyone was busy, the cold wind picked up outside the forest again, swirling into the forest.

Experienced soldiers judged that there will be snow again soon, and it seems that it will not be small.

"My son, the snow is coming, we need to leave quickly."

Zhixuan accepted the advice and ordered the soldiers, soldiers and slaves to assemble quickly, call back all the scattered ones, and immediately leave the forest and return to the camp.

The team assembled quickly, and the counting of personnel was completed.

Zhixuan gave an order, the driver waved the reins, the soldiers rode the horses, the soldiers and the slaves dragged the brown bear, picked up the sacks full of pine cones, and walked quickly out of the forest.

During the march, the scattered wolves returned one after another.

The wolves hunted many rabbits, as well as two foxes and three pheasants.The two wild wolves were even more amazing, and they even caught a wild boar together.

When the wild wolf returned to the team, the wild boar's body was already stiff, and the death time was not too long, it was purely frozen.

The wild boars were sent to Zhixuan's chariot, and the hares, pheasants and foxes caught by the wolves were also sent over.

Seeing this scene, everyone's expressions suddenly changed, and their gazes at Zhi Xuan became even hotter.Even with his back to everyone, Zhi Xuan could feel the astonishing heat.

Looking at the wild wolves who were squatting in front of the car begging for praise, and then at the pack of wolves who were obviously unwilling but forced to obey, a thought suddenly popped up in Zhixuan's mind: Could it be that what he domesticated was not pure rhubarb, but Is it an upgraded version?

Not impossible.

There was an example in my previous life. Rhubarb, which was guarding the home in the local area, was brought to a certain continent, but after a few years, it became wild and became a strong population that could even catch kangaroos.

What's more, what I raise is not a rhubarb, but a wolf, a purebred wild wolf.It's not surprising that this happens.

The only unexpected thing is that they give themselves the prey they catch.

Zhi Xuan stood in the car and fell into deep thinking. Could it be that in the other party's perception, he became the wolf king?It sounds cool and domineering, but he can!

After the wolves returned, the team continued to set off.

Walking out of the forest, everyone continued to speed up, crossed the cold wind howling lake, braved the falling snow, and returned to the camp where they were stationed last night.

After Zhi Xuan and others left, there was a noise in the forest, and the injured tiger left and returned.

Unlike when it left, there was an extra cub beside it, which was similar in size to the two that fell on the ground, and it was obviously born in one litter.

The tiger observed carefully and made sure there were no predators around, so it brought the cubs forward, sniffed the dead cubs, then tore the cubs apart, and ate them with the cubs.

The bear cub is not big enough to feed both mother and child.

The tigress crushed the last bone, licked the cub clean, and decided to leave here with the cub.Quite unexpectedly, it chose the same direction as Zhi Xuan, following the ruts and footprints of wolves, and walked out of the forest.

The sudden heavy snow did not stop the team from moving out.

After Zhixuan returned to the camp, everyone began to dismantle the tents, untied the carts tied together, covered them with cloth again, and prepared to set off in the snow.

The blocked road has been cleared, and the soldier in charge of opening the road returned to report that the road is temporarily clear and needs to be passed as quickly as possible to avoid being blocked by snow again.

Without further ado, there was no time to deal with the prey brought back, so we had to load all the prey and set off first.

"set off!"

Black flags with divine bird patterns were erected one after another, and were torn by the strong wind, making a sound of hunting.

The golden eagle spread its wings like a sharp sword across the sky.

The pack of wolves rushed out instead of the scouts, and walked in front of the team to find out the way for Zhixuan.

Looking down from above, the team looks like a giant black dragon, striding across the white snow and heading northeast against the strong wind.

Not long after Zhixuan left, the mother tiger took her cubs across the frozen lake.

The cub was just at an active age. When he found an ice edge standing on the lake, he ran over curiously and pawed it twice.The tigress roared, and picked up the back of the cub's neck, and the little guy curled up his limbs obediently, and stopped being mischievous around.

It snowed heavily for two consecutive days, and the world was covered with silver.

The hills in the distance, the land at the foot, scattered villages, dense forests, frozen rivers, everything is covered by snow, and there is no second color to be seen.

Due to adequate preparations, Zhixuan's subordinates did not suffer from frostbite, and even the slaves were not injured.

Such a thing is simply unbelievable in the eyes of everyone in the Ju family.

Ju Yan used to be the confidant of Marquis Xi Yuan, and also used to sit on the wall of Mi Clan, so naturally he did not lack the experience of going to war with the army.

From the first time he boarded the chariot, no matter whether he followed Xi Yuanhou or the Mi brothers, he experienced countless battles that could not be counted in two palms, and marching in winter was very common.

No matter which time, there was never such a full preparation as Zhi Xuan's subordinates.

The entire army has thick clothing and cloaks, medicine for frostbite, and a stove that does not go out halfway. It can cook hot soup and soup medicine anytime, anywhere, ensuring that everyone can drink a bowl.

Ju Yan has not been following Zhi Xuan for a long time, but he has seen many strange things.

He had heard of Zhixuan's reputation for benevolence, and how his son Xuan treated his subjects kindly.But hearing is believing and seeing is believing. After witnessing all this with his own eyes, Ju Yan realized very clearly that, if nothing unexpected happens, Xiyuan Kingdom will produce a world-famous son, a monarch who is far away from his ancestors.

At the same time, Ju Yan thought of another thing.

The power of the monarchy and the power of the state have always been complementary and contradictory.

Count the monarchs of Xiyuan Kingdom in all dynasties, among them there are many brave and wise people who brought the country into prosperity.Even this generation of Marquis Xiyuan, before he was injured, his reputation for bravery spread throughout the kingdoms.

But no matter which of the former monarchs, they can't compare with the son Xuan in front of him.The most fundamental reason is that they are all constrained by the clan.

It's not that they didn't do well, but that Zhixuan is too special, one after another, one after another, one after another that is too soft-hearted in the eyes of the clan, let him harvest the most difficult thing that the kings of all dynasties want to get, then It is the human heart!

Thinking of this, Ju Yan lifted the curtain of the car and let the wind and snow hit his face, which made him think more clearly.

The people of the country, the common people, and even the slaves, the whole country is united, everyone protects each other, no matter how powerful the clan is, they dare not act rashly.The people of the country can overthrow the fatuous monarch, and they can still tear up the domestic clan, no matter how powerful the clan is.

In all fairness, such an ability is neither admirable nor shocking.

More importantly, son Xuan and son Hao have a marriage alliance!

Thinking of what a powerful and terrifying force the two sons would form together, Ju Yan couldn't help but gasp, quickly put down the car curtain, clenched his fingers tightly, and didn't dare to think about it any more.

However, the brain does not obey the command, and the thoughts under strong pressure become clearer.

As long as the two are willing, given time, their strength will not be inferior to any other vassal state, including the four vassals entrusted by human kings!

The more Ju Yan thinks about it, the more frightened he becomes, and within the fright is an uncontrollable excitement.

With this step-by-step approach, Young Master Xuan's wisdom is comparable to others.

He resolutely gave up everything in the Western Capital City and followed Young Master Xuan to the frontier. It was really the right choice, and it was also the wisest move he had made in half his life.

On the chariot in front of the team, Zhi Xuan leaned against the wall of the chariot and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He didn't even know that in the eyes of a certain Chinese doctor, he was brain-made into a resourceful and resourceful person.

Even if he knew, there was nothing he could do.

Just like many rumors that happened to him, things that are easy to explain in the eyes of later generations, due to the limitations of knowledge and vision, become miraculous in the eyes of the world today.

He tried to explain at first, but the more he explained, the darker he became.

In the end, Zhi Xuan simply stopped explaining and let everyone talk.Rumors are rumors after all, no matter how outrageous it can be, it can be recorded in history books, and the facts can always be restored.

It is a pity that Zhixuan's good wish was not realized after all.

It was already too late when he saw the records written by the historian and realized what kind of misunderstanding the concise language would cause.

In a word, don't guess the pen of the historian, let alone the historian who is released, you can't even guess it if you want to break your head.

In the howling cold wind, the team continued to move forward, getting closer and closer to the destination.

At the same time, a group of people were waiting anxiously by the kiln on the outskirts of Zhidi New City.

Hearing that pottery will be produced today, the government order and several senior officials immediately put down what they were doing and drove over one after another.Tao Lao, who was wrapped in animal skins, and the others arrived. After confirming that it was about the same time, he immediately ordered the kiln to open.

For the first time firing pottery, the number of finished products is not too many, but the quality is quite good, far exceeding expectations.

One hundred pieces of pottery, all intact, none of them cracked.

What surprised everyone the most was that among the pottery, there were two pieces of pottery with a blue surface, a warm color, and a crisp knocking sound, which was very different from pottery.

If Zhi Xuan was present, he would definitely recognize it at a glance. This is not pottery, it is clearly two pieces of blue porcelain!