The farther the eastbound team is from Si'an City, the more difficult it will be to travel along this road.
Similarly, the dangers of the Lingnan land also appeared in front of Xiao Han bit by bit.
Being the first choice for officials to be exiled, Xiao Han should have thought that Lingnan is more peaceful and beautiful than Shi'an City!
Otherwise, when later Yuan Zhen learned that his friend Bai Juyi was sent to Lingnan, he would not have written "Wen Letian Grants Jiangzhou Sima" in despair
The lamps are broken and there are no flames or shadows. This evening I heard that you were banished to Jiujiang.
In the midst of a dying illness, I sat up in shock, and the dark wind blew rain into the cold window.
This poem, written out of emotion, is extremely poignant, and every sentence is filled with Yuan Zhen's chilling feelings about what happened to his friends!
That's it, Bai Juyi came to Lingnan as Sima as an official!
If he was demoted to a commoner and sent to Lingnan like other things, Yuan Zhen probably wouldn't have to write any poems, and would just send him a coffin, which would further show his friendship.
"Xiao Hou, be careful to lower your head and don't look south."
Checking the time, he carefully passed through a forest that was said to be seriously affected by the miasma. Just as Xiao Han was shrinking his neck and looking at the dead trees with ghostly branches all around him, a young man from the Feng family behind him suddenly stepped forward and whispered in his ear.
He gave an instruction.
"South?"
This Feng family member named Awen was just a kind reminder, but it would have been better if he didn't remind him. If he did, how could Xiao Han hold back his curiosity?
Therefore, although Xiao Han warned himself in his heart that he must listen to the Feng family, the corner of his eye still glanced at that area unconsciously.
There, in a large haze of smoke, there was a huge ash tree with countless silk-like branches hanging down, swaying slowly with the breeze in the mountain.
"Xiao Han!"
Just before Xiao Han could see clearly what was different about the willow tree, his arms tightened inexplicably! But Liu Hongji beside him grabbed him tightly with trembling hands!
As a warrior on the battlefield!
It can be said that Liu Hongji spent most of his life crawling among the dead, and he has seen countless horrific places!
But now, this guy who is almost a ghost is staring at the willow tree, his big hands covered with countless blood, and he is trembling unconsciously.
There is no way, no matter who it is, seeing the densely packed leeches on the willow branches and the piles of bones under the tree that have been sucked out of their blood, leaving only broken skins, they will feel a deep sense of fear in their hearts!
This kind of scene is a horror that has been deeply rooted in my bones for a long time. It has nothing to do with courage and courage!
"This is?"
Swallowing hard, Xiao Han tried hard to control himself and looked away from the willow tree, and turned to ask the Feng family member named Awen.
"It's a leech!"
Awen might have guessed that Xiao Han would not listen to him. He smiled bitterly, but still explained to him in a low voice: "They make a living by sucking blood, and they will climb in groups in the trees, waiting for people or animals to come out of the trees."
They passed by, fell from the tree onto them, and then sucked blood like crazy! With the number of leeches on that tree, it is estimated that even a big buffalo would be sucked into a corpse in an instant."
"hiss……"
Upon hearing Awen's explanation, Xiao Han and Liu Hongji immediately took a breath, and even Ren Qing's face turned particularly dark.
"Why are there so many leeches on that tree? Are there no other trees in the forest?" Xiao Han asked again, controlling his inner discomfort.
"Yes, but not as many as that tree!"
"Why are there so many trees?"
"Well, it should be because there are too many corpses down there. There are always some hungry beasts around here who would venture there to eat the corpses, but..."
Awen didn't say the next words, but Xiao Han and Liu Hongji already knew what he meant.
Come to think of it, those wild beasts that took the risk of gnawing eventually turned into fresh corpses on the ground, continuing to lure new prey.
Ever since he saw the mountain leech tree, Xiao Han felt that nothing could scare him!
Therefore, even if a giant python as thick as a bucket suddenly crawled out on the road while walking, he would just stand behind the crowd and calmly watch the giant python slowly pass in front of them.
"See the horns on its head? This is already a giant python that is about to turn into a dragon! When it suffers a thunderstorm, it might lose its python body and turn into a dragon!" These days, it has almost turned into Xiao Han.
Awen, the exclusive guide, saw a few people staring at the giant python and explained to them with a smile.
Xiao Han heard Awen's words and nodded slightly, but his mind suddenly recalled the tattered giant python he saw in the Qinling Mountains that was struck by lightning.
I just don’t know if this giant python will ever climb up a big tree to meet the thunder and lightning. Perhaps, its fate will be better?
His mind was very confused, but soon Xiao Han no longer had to worry about these strange thoughts.
Because in the next second, behind the giant python, a group of bare-chested people rushed out, holding simple swords in their hands, and even some strange tribesmen holding weapons ground out of stones!
These people were barefoot, but they ran extremely quickly. They chased after the giant python and kept howling like a wounded beast!
Among them, one of the leaders also saw the opportunity from time to time and slashed the huge snake several times with the tattered long knife in his hand!
It's a pity that the giant python has been alive for who knows how many years, and its scales have long been as hard as armor! With the long knife in the man's hand, even if he cut it with all his strength, it would only leave a few marks on the snake's body.
That’s it!
"Hiss, hiss..."
Perhaps angered by this group of annoying guys, the giant python stopped swimming, straightened its head, spat out bright red saliva, and stared at the chasing people with a pair of emotionless eyes.
"Gudong, what do these people want to do?"
Looking at the snake head that was lifted up high, almost as tall as an adult, Xiao Han couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, subconsciously pulled Awen beside him and asked.
Awen's face was a little pale at this time, and the corner of his mouth twitched a few times, and he said uncertainly: "I don't know, but seeing how excited they were, it must have been the giant python that ate their people, so they chased after them regardless of the danger.
, want to save people!"
"This giant python eats people?"
After hearing this answer, Xiao Han felt a chill in his heart and subconsciously looked at the body of the giant python!
And when he looked at it, he found that there was an obvious bulge on the belly of the giant python. It was just because the python was so big that he didn't notice it just now. Now that he looked over, the bulge was not that big.
What does the body look like?
"This beast actually swallowed a human!"
Liu Hongji also noticed the bulge on the snake's belly at this time, and the thought of just watching the fun suddenly disappeared, replaced by a deep anger!
